ambulance

120?We can dial 120 for

medical help.

What has happened?

bleeding

choking

What has happened?

a sprained ankle

What has happened?

a bloody nose

What has happened?

Unit 5 First Aid

Period 1

What is first aid?

First aid is the first kind of ______ given to someone who suddenly ______ ______ or get ______ before a doctor can be found. Often the ______ or ______ is not serious, there are other times when giving first aid quickly can save one' life.

help falls ill

injured illness injury

What has happened?

She has pulled boiling water onto herself.

What sort of injuries will she get?

She will have bad burns.

When someone gets burned, what should we do?

Let’s read the text

Fast reading

Read the title of the text and the headings within it .Skim for the general idea. Then do comprehending exercise 1 on Page 35.

the three types of burns

what to do if someone gets burned

the purpose of skin

the symptoms of burns

how we get burns

3

5

1

4

2

Number them from 1 to 5.

Second reading

Read the text again quickly, then do comprehending exercise 2.

Types of burnsTypes of burns

First degree burns

Second degree burns

Third degree burns

B

A

C

Para.1 The purpose of the skin

Skin

Protect you against diseases, poisons, the sun’s harmful rays

Keep you warm or coolPrevent your body from losing water

Give you sense of touch

essential

Careful reading

Para.2 Causes of burns

We can get burned by:

steam

hot liquids

fireradiation

the sun

electricitychemicals

Para.3 Types of burns

Types of burns

which layer is affected

Time to heal

Examples

First degree burns

Second degree burns

Third degree burns

the top layer

both the top and the second layer

all three layers

feel better within a day or two

take a few weeks to heal

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mild sunburn, burns caused by touching a hot pan or iron for a moment

severe sunburn, burns caused by hot liquids

burns caused by electric shocks, burning clothes, or severe petrol fires

Para.4 Characteristics of burnsFirst degree burns

Second degree burns

Third degree burns

dry, red and mildly swollen

mildly painful

turn white when pressed

rough, red and swollenblisterswatery surface extremely painful

black and white and charredswollen; often tissue under them can be seen

Characteristics

little or no pain if nerves are damaged; may be pain around edge of injured area

Para.5 First aid treatment

A. Cool burns with running water. B. Take off clothing stuck to the burn. C. Take off the clothing and jewellery near burns. D. Place cool, clean, wet cloth on the first, second

degree burns. E. Put cold water on the third degree burns. F. Rub the burns, break the blisters. G. Dry the burned area gently. H Put butter, oil, ointments on burns.

Dos: A C D G Don’ts: B E F H

Which are dos, which are don’ts?

DoDo

Do

Don’t

Don’tDon’t

Don’t

Do

Discuss the following situations: 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 water from the fridge onto the skin.

2. While ironing clothes, Miss Good accidentally touched the iron. Her wrist blistered and became watery. It hurt a lot. She put her wrist under the cold water tap and then kept placing cool, clean, damp cloths on it until it was less painful. Then she went to see the doctor.

R or W?

3. Mrs Casey’s sleeve caught fire while she was cooking. Her arm looked terrible but it didn’t hurt. The skin was charred. Her husband took off her blouse and picked off bits of the blouse stuck to the burn. He then placed butter on the burn and covered it with a wet bandage.

4. After an hour in the sun, Lily noticed her arms were red and hurt a bit. She went home and put them under running water.

1.Why should you put cold water on a burn?

2.Why doesn’t a third degree burn hurt?

Because the cold water stops the burning process, stops the pain and reduces swelling.

Because the nerves are damaged.

Consolidation

Causes of burns

Types of burns

First aid treatment

First aid for burns

first degree burns, second degree burns, third degree burns

hot liquids, steam, fire, radiation, the sun, electricity and chemicals.

dry, red ,swollen

rough, red , swollen, blisters, watery surface

black and white and charred, swollen

First degree burns

Second degree burns

Third degree burns

1. Take off clothing; 2.cool burns with cool water(don’t put cold water on third degree burns.) 3. First degree burns---place cool,wet cloths in them; Second degree burns---keep cloth cool…

Characteristics

of burns

Homework

Workbook: Page 58 Cloze and Reading A.