Unit 5 First Aid Period 1

What may happen to us in the following situations? Brainstorming If we play with animals, we may get ______. bitten If we are bitten by a snake, we may get ______. poisoned

If we use a hammer, a knife or scissors, our fingers may get ______. cut/hurt

If we play football, it is likely that our ____ may get ______. ankle sprained

If we eat something, it is possible that we may get ______. choked

If we climb the stairs, it is possible that we may fall down and our arms get ______. broken

If we cook in the kitchen, it is likely that we may get ______. burnt

Fist Aid Quiz: How much do you know about First Aid? 1.Which person would you help first? A. Li Yan has cut her foot on glass B. Gao Yuan who is on the ground not breathing C. Xue Lin whose nose is bleeding D. Wang Feng who has broken his arm B

2. When you are carrying out rescue breathing, where do you check for a pulse? A. The neck B. the wrist C. the foot D. the chest A 3. When carrying out rescue breathing, how many times a minute should you blow air into the victim’s mouth? A. 4 B. 8 C. 15 D. 20 C

4. What should the first step be when you carry out rescue breathing? A. clear the airway B. check the pulse C. blow into the victim’s mouth D. check for breathing 5.A friend took a pan off the fire with her bare hands. Her fingers are red and blistered and extremely painful. What should you do for her? A. Tell her to put her fingers into her mouth B. put butter on her fingers and wrap them in bandages C. take her to the doctor D. put her burned fingers under cool water A D

6. How would you stop severe bleeding? A. cover the would with plastic B. do nothing as the bleeding will stop by itself C. wash the wound D. put a bandage over the wound and then press on it D

7. A friend is choking on a piece of food and is coughing badly. What would you do? A. nothing B. carry out rescue breathing C. have her lie down and rest D. slap her four or five times no her back A

8. If a friend has a nosebleed, what should she do? A. pinch her nose and jump up and down B. sit down and bend her head forward and pinch her nose C. lie down and pinch her nose D. sit down and bend her head backward and pinch her nose B

9. If your friend sprained his ankle, what should we do? A. take off his shoe B. put his foot up on a chair and then put warm clothes on his ankle C. keeping walking around D. put his foot up on a chair and then put an ice pack on his ankle D

10. In a medical emergency in China which telephone number would you call? A. 110 B. 114 C. 120 D What about in the UK? C

What is first aid? First aid is ____________given to someone who suddenly ______ or __________ before a doctor can be found. help/treatment falls ill gets injured

Skimming : ___ the three types of burns ___ what to do if someone gets burned ___ the purpose of skin ___ the characteristics of burns ___ how we get burns ③ ⑤ ① ④ ②

Detailed reading: What can skin do for our body ?

Para. 1 (the purpose of skin) : skin essential part largest organ three layers

What can the skin do? Protect you against diseases, poisons and the sun’s harmful rays Keep you warm or cool Prevent your body from losing water Let you feel cold, heat or pain Give you your sense of touch

If your skin gets b______, it can be very serious. gets burned What gets the skin burned? ○ hot liquids ○ chemicals ○ mild weather ○ steam ○ electricity ○ the sun ○ fire ○ radiation ○ spring ( 温泉 ) ○ mild weather ○ spring ( 温泉 )

How can we get burnt? (P2)Re a d i n g

“Types of burns” There are _______ types of burns depending on which _______ 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 get to a ________ at once. three layers First degree burns top a day or two Second degree burnstop secondserious a few weeks Third degree burnsthree tissueorgans severehospital

“Characteristics of burns” A B C second degree burn first degree burn third degree burn

first degree burns second degree burns third degree burns red, swollen blisters tissue can be seen swollen red mildly swollen

second degree burns

third degree burns

“ First aid treatment ” 1.What is to be done if clothing is stuck to the burn? 2. Why is it best to place burns under gently running water for about 10 minutes? 3. How should second degree burns be dealt with? 4. How should the bandage be fixed? 5. What is to be done if burns are on arms or legs or. the face? Take it off or remove it. The cold water stops the burning process, stops the pain and prevents or reduces swelling. Keep…cool by putting… back…; squeezing… out and placing… over and over again…until... Hold the bandage in place with tape. Keep…higher; sit up

1. Why doesn ’ t a third degree burn hurt? 2. Why do you think clothes and jewellery near burns should be removed? 3. If someone has a third degree burn, why might you see tissue? Because nerves have been 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 fires Further Discussion

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.

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.

Workable suggestions: You can not be careful enough Better safe than sorry. Hurry leads you to feel sorry. Once bitten, twice shy.