Unit 5
First aid
Warming up and reading
Accidents will happen.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
2008年11月14日6时10分许，上海商学院一栋宿舍楼的寝室发生火灾，四名女生坠楼身亡。有人为４个年轻的生命就此陨落而痛惜，有人对生命消逝的悲痛，有对花季少女的惋惜，也有对大学生自救能力欠缺的思考。
上海商学院火灾事件
What happened just now?
What will you do
in such a situation?
So ….
There were 760,327 traffic accidents in China last year, resulting in 106,367 deaths. 71.16% of the deaths were due to the lack of timely first aid.
First aid is important for the victims (受害者）, and necessary for us to learn about.
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First aid is a ____________________ given to someone who suddenly _______ or __________ before a doctor can be found. Often the _____ or ______ is not_______, but there are other times when giving ________________will save ______ .
temporary form of help
falls ill
gets injured
illness
injury
serious
first aid quickly
lives
What is First Aid
What situation can you think of that needs first aid?
Brainstorm
How to deal with common injuries
a snake bite
a sprained ankle

Lay the victim down and keep him/her still
Do not wash the venom(毒液) off
Do not try to suck(吸)out the venom
See a doctor as soon as possible
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
Put a firm bandage around the foot and ankle
If the person can cough/speak/breathe, don’t do
anything.
If not, you can slap her on her back to unblock
(疏通)the airway(气管).
Do not move the broken bone if possible.
Do not move the victim.
Get medical help immediately.
Get the person to sit down
Tilt(倾斜) his/her head forward slightly
Gently pinch(捏、掐) the soft part of the nose
below the bridge(鼻梁)
Quiz
How much do you know about First Aid ?
110

119

120
Are you familiar with the following numbers?
Police department
Fire department
Medical emergency(急救) centre
1. The best way to treat a sprained ankle is to:
Put some ice on your ankle.
Put a heating pad(垫子)around your ankle.
Keep on walking and jumping.
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 should:
A. Rub(擦)some butter on it.
B. Hold the burnt part under cold
running water.
C. Put salt on the burnt part.
4. To treat a choke, you should make him /her spit by patting him/her on the back.
A. True
B. False
（吐）
5. To treat a bleeding, you should put a bandage on the wound and apply pressure to reduce the bleeding.
A. True
B. False
6. To treat a broken arm, you:
A. move the broken bone in no time.
B. keep the arm still using a sling to support the broken arm
Can you guess what will happen to the girl?
How will her mother deal with the burn?
Look at the picture on the left. What has happened?
The girl has pulled boiling water onto herself.
She will get bad burns.
Pre-reading
First Aid for
Reading
Burns
an ambulance
bandage
first-aid-kit
Fast Reading
In which order are these topics covered in the text? Number them from 1 to 5.
_____ 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
Scanning
Read part1—part4. Then answer the following questions.
Part 1
What can skin do for our body ?
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
1. Protect you against diseases, poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.
2. Keep you warm or cool
3. Prevent you from losing water
4. Give you your sense of touch
CAUSES of burns
R
e
a
d
i
n
g
steam
radiation
iquids
hemicals
fire
the Sun
electricity
Part 2
Part 3 Types of burns
There are _______ types of burns depending on
which _______of the skin are burned.
_______________ affect only the _____ layer and
should feel better within _______________.
________________ affect both the _____ and the
_______ layer. These burns are _______ and take
______________ to heal.
________________ affect all ______ layers and
any ______ and ______ under the skin. They are very
_______ injuries and the victim must go to ________
at once.
three
layers
First degree burns
top
a day or two
Second degree burns
top
second
serious
a few weeks
Third degree burns
three
tissue
organs
severe
hospital
ypes
Types of burns
Characteristics
Extremely
painful
Mildly swollen
Often tissue
under them
can be seen.
Read part 4
second degree burn
first degree burn
third degree burn
Types & characteristics of burns
layer
top
second
all
three
swollen
Rough
tissue
Mildly
Little
no
pressed
Blisters
charred
1. If you are burned, you must remove clothing
even if it is stuck to the burn.

2. We shouldn’t rub the burns.
T
Treatment
True or False:
3. Sometimes, we can put oil or ointments on
burns to stop the infection.

4. We should make sure the bandage won’t
stick to the skin when it is used.

5. If burns are on the face, we should make
the victim lie down.
F
F
T
sit up
F
unless
Part 5
Never can we
How will her mother deal with the burn?
Summary of first aid treatment
1. ________ clothing and jewellery near the burns.
2. ______ the burns with cool water.
3. ______ cool, clean wet cloths on the burns.
4. ______ the burned area gently.
5. ______ the burned area with a dry clean bandage.
6. ______ the burned area ______ than the heart, if possible.
7. ______ the victim ____the doctor or hospital, if possible.
Take off
Cool
Place
Dry
Cover
Keep
higher
Get
to
Try our best to give them effective first aid if they are in danger.

Life is precious
We should care about others , and help people in an emergency.
Homework
1. Learn the new words by heart.
2. Read the passage “First aid for burns”
carefully and pay attention to the useful
words and expressions.
3. Finish Exx.1-2 on page 36.
Answer the questions
1. Why should you put cold water on a burn?
2. Why doesn’t a third degree burn hurt?

3. Why do you think clothes and jewellery near burns should be removed?

4. If someone has a third degree burn, why might you see tissue?
The cold water stops the burning process, stops the pain and prevents or reduces swelling.
Because nerves are damaged.
Because this may break any blisters and the wound may get infected.
These affect all three layers of the skin and any tissue and organs under the skin.
Words competition
Example: k n o c h i g
t e m e n t r a t
b r e k o n
i u j r n y
b e l d e
e t m r o r p a y
k l e a n
d g e r e e
d a a n b g e
s o p m t y m
choking
treatment
broken
injury
bleed
temporary
ankle
degree
bandage
Symptom