Warming Up & Reading
Nowadays there are a lot
of unexpected accidents.
What would you do in these
situations?
1. The best way to treat a hurt ankle is to:
A. Put an ice pack on your ankle.
B. Put a heating pad (垫子) around your
ankle.
C. Keep on walking and jumping.
treat a
hurt ankle
2. If you get a nosebleed, gently let your
head back to stop the bleeding.
A. True
B. False
(It may lead the blood into the throat
and easily cause choking.)
3. To treat a burn, you:
A. Rub (擦) some butter on it.
B. Hold the burnt part under cold
running water.
C. Put salt on the burnt part.
4. Your friend has an asthma (哮喘) attack,
but she doesn’t have her medicine. You’d
better:
A. Get a paper bag for her to breathe into.
B. Get her a cup of coffee.
C. Take her outside for fresh air.caffeine (咖啡因) can help to
dilate (扩大) the windpipe (气管)
5. To treat a choke, you should make
him /her spit by patting him/her on
the back.
A. True
B. False
6. If someone is having a heart attack,
you should first:
A. Call 120
B. Perform CPR (心肺复苏)
a nosebleed
Warming Up
Questions
1.Do all the people have to go to the
hospital at once?
2.Before the doctor comes, what should we
do to help these people?
No.
Give them first aid.
Lay the victim down and
keep him/her still. Do not
wash the venom off the
skin; do not try to suck
out the venom …
Put a bandage on
the wound and
apply pressure to
reduce the bleeding.
Have the victim sit
down. Put an ice pack
on the ankle to reduce
the swelling.
Hit him/her between the
shoulder blades with the
flat of the hand three or
four times.
Do not move the broken
bone if possible.
Support the broken
arm in the most
comfortable position.
Get the person to sit
down, bend his/her
head forward and
gently pinch the soft
part of the nose.
Important numbers
120
119
110
Emergency
medical service
Fire department
Police department
Pre-reading
(2)What kind of first aid would you perform
in this situation?
(1)What kind of injury will the girl have?
Oh! My God!
Boiling Water!
She will get burns.
• _____the three types of burns
• ____what to do if someone gets burned
• _____the functions of skin
• _____the symptoms of burns
• _____how we get burns
1. Skim the text to find in which order are
these topics covered in the text? Number
them from 1 to 5.
3
5
1
4
2
It keeps you _____ or _____.
It prevents your body ____ ____ ____.
It is where you feel ____,____or____.
It gives you your _____ ____ _____ .
warm cool
from losing water
sense of touch
cold painheat
1.What are functions of skin?
nerve
the top layer
the second layer
the third layer
steam
fire
the sun electricity chemicals
hot liquids
radiation
3.What are the causes of burns?
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First
degree
burns
Affect the
top______
of the skin.
Dry, red
and mildly
______.
_______
painful.
Turn white
when
______.
Second
degree
burns
Affect both
the ____ &
the ______
layer.
________,
red and
swollen.
Extremely
painful.
________
watery
surface
Third
degree
burns
Affect_____
________
layers of
the skin.
Swollen;
______ can
be seen.
______ or
____ pain.
Black and
white and
_______.
layer
top
second
all
three
swollen
Rough
tissue
Mildly
Little
no
pressed
Blisters
charred
1:_______ clothing using scissors if necessary. _______
_____ jewellery near the burn.
2: ______ burns immediately with cool but not icy
water for about 10 minutes.
3 _____ cool , clean wet cloths on burns until the
pain is not so bad.
4:_____ the burned area gently.
5:______ the burned area with a dry and clean bandage.
6 :If burns are on arms or legs,keep them _______ than the
heart, if possible. If burns are on the face , the victim
should ___ ___.
7:______ the victim to the hospital if serious.
Dos for burns
Remove Take
off
Cool
Place
Dry
Cover
Get
higher
sit up
Don'ts for burns
1.Do not put____ _____ on third degree burns.
2.Do not ___ the burned area,as this may___
any blisters and the wound____ ______.
3._____ put _____, __ or _______ on burns as
they keep the heat in the wounds and may
cause infection.
cold water
rub break
get infected
Never butter oil ointment
1. Sam knocked over a kettle full of
boiling water onto his legs. His legs
became red,swollen and covered with
blisters. Sam broke the blisters and
poured icy waters from the fridge
onto the skin.
Read the first aid treatments for these burns.
Are they right or wrong?
( w )
2. After an hour in the sun, lily
noticed her arms were red and
hurt a bit. She went home and
put them under cool running
water. ( R )
Life is precious(珍贵的)!
First aid
can save people’s lives.
1.Search as much information as
you can about first aid.
2.Keep the key words and phrases
in mind.