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ambulance
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120? We can dial 120 for medical help.
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What has happened? bleeding
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choking What has happened?
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a sprained ankle What has happened?
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a bloody nose What has happened?
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Unit 5 First Aid Period 1
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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
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What has happened? She has pulled boiling water onto herself.
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What sort of injuries will she get? She will have bad burns.
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When someone gets burned, what should we do? Let’s read the text
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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.
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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.
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Second reading Read the text again quickly, then do comprehending exercise 2.
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Types of burns First degree burns Second degree burns Third degree burns B A C
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Para.1 The purpose of the skin Skin Protect you against diseases, poisons, the sun’s harmful rays Keep you warm or cool Prevent your body from losing water Give you sense of touch essential Careful reading
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Para.2 Causes of burns We can get burned by: steam hot liquids fire radiation the sun electricity chemicals
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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 ------------- 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
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Para.4 Characteristics of burns First degree burns Second degree burns Third degree burns dry, red and mildly swollen mildly painful turn white when pressed rough, red and swollen blisters watery surface extremely painful black and white and charred swollen; often tissue under them can be seen Characteristics little or no pain if nerves are damaged; may be pain around edge of injured area
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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 GDon’ts: B E F H Which are dos, which are don’ts? Do Don’t Do
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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?
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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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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.
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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
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Homework Workbook: Page 58 Cloze and Reading A.
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