Unit 5
Period ⅠReading
1.What has happened to the old man lying on the ground?
2. Is the way that Mr Bean treat the old man right?
3. What will happen to the man at last?
What is first aid?
First aid is ___________________ given to someone who suddenly ___________ or _____________ before a doctor can be found.
a temporary form of help
falls ill
gets injured
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 or the wrong first aid treatment.
First aid is important for the victims (受害者）, and necessary for us to learn about.
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What situation can you think of that needs first aid?
Brainstorming
pet bite
She has pulled boiling water onto herself. And she got burn.
2.How will her mother deal with the burn?
1.What happened to the girl?
Pre-reading
First Aid for
Reading
Burns
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 functions (功能) of skin
_____ the symptoms (症状) of burns
_____ how we get burns
3
5
1
4
2
Scanning
Read part1—part4. Then answer the following questions.
Part 1
What are the functions of the skins ?
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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
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steam
radiation
iquids
hemicals
fire
the Sun
electricity
Part 2
Types & characteristics of burns
layer
top
second
all
three
swollen
Rough
tissue
Mildly
Little
no
pressed
Blisters
charred
Part3&4
Types of burns
second degree burn
first degree burn
third degree burn
1. If you are burned, you must remove clothing
even if it is stuck to the burn.

2. We shouldn’t rub the burns.
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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.
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sit up
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unless
Part 5
Never can we
Discussion
How to deal with the girl’s burn?
Treatment for different type of burns
1.Cool burns immediately with cool water.
First degree burns:
2. Place cool , clean, wet cloths on them
Treatment for different type of burns
1.Cool burns immediately with cool water.
Second degree burns:
2. Keep cloths cool by putting them back in a basin of cold water , squeezing them out and placing them on the burned area over and over again.
3. Dry the burned area gently.
4. Cover the burned area with a dry, clean bandage .
5. Get the victim to the doctor or hospital at once if necessary.
Treatment for different type of burns
1. Remove clothing and jewellery near the burn unless it is stuck to the burn.
Third degree burns:
2. Get the victim to the doctor or hospital at once.
Surf the Internet and try to get the ways to deal with one of these situations.
http://www. health. net
http://kids health. org
Discuss the following treatment:
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.
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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.
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Discuss the following treatment: