1. Unit 5 First aid What is first aid? Period 1&2 Warming
up and Reading I
What is first aid?

2. Discuss the question in pairs and give the definition to
Brainstorming-I----definition (2m)
Discuss the question in pairs and give the definition to
the first quick care of a suddenly sick or injured person.
What is first aid?
the first care given by a person as soon as possible after an accident or illness.
the fist kind of help given to someone who suddenly falls ill or gets injured before a doctor can be found. …

3. Is first aid important? Why?
Giving first aid quickly will save one’s life.
The immediate care sometimes draws the line between life and death.
The immediate attention draws the line between a full or partial recovery.

4. Look at the pictures and tell what has happened to them.
a snake bit
bleeding
a sprained ankle
What kind of first aid should be given to them?
choking
a broken arm
a bloody nose

5. Picture 1:
Picture 2:
Picture 3:
Lay the victim down and keep him still. Press the bitten part with your hands. Tie the bite with a bandage.
Put a bandage on the wound and apply pressure to reduce the bleeding.
Have the victim sit down and elevate (lift) the foot. Put an ice pack on the ankle. Put a firm bandage around the foot and ankle.

6. If the person can cough, speak or breathe , don’t do anything
If the person can cough, speak or breathe , don’t do anything. If he or she can’t, hit him or her between shoulder blades with the flat of the hand 3 or 4 times.
Picture 4:
Picture 5:
Picture 6:
Don’t move the broken arm and the victim. Support the broken arm in the most comfortable position. Keep the arm still. Get medical help at once.
Get the person to sit down, lean the head forward slightly and gently pinch the soft part of the nose below the bridge.

7. Pre-reading (3m)
1. What has happened? 2. What injury does the girl have? 3. What kind of first aid should be given in this situation?

8. 1. The girl has pulled boiling water onto herself.
2. She will have bad burns.
3. If her arms have burns, just put her arms under the running tap water for 10 minutes. If her face gets burned, put wet clothes on it and keep the clothes cool by putting them back in the cold water. After that, go to see the doctor at once.

9. It’s about first aid for burns.
Reading Text 1:
Fast reading: Answer the following questions
What’s the topic of the text ?
How is the information organized?
It’s about first aid for burns.
The information is organized according to cause, types, characteristic and first aid treatment for burns.

10. ______: the three types of burns
Comprehending I: (2m)
How many parts can the text be divided into?
What is the order of them?
______: the three types of burns
______: what to do if someone gets burned
______: the purpose of skin
______: the symptoms of burns
______: how we get burns
Part 3
Part 5
Part 1
Part 4
Part 2

11. Comprehending II--Detailed reading: (5m)
Answer the questions
1. What can skin do for our body?
2. What are the causes of getting burnt?
To Slide 13
3. How many types of burns are there?
To Slide 14

12. 1.______________________________ ______________________________
The purpose of skin:
1.______________________________
______________________________
2.______________________
3.____________________________
4._______________________
Protect you against diseases,
poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.
Keep you warm or cool.
Prevent you from losing water.
Give you sense of touch.
To Slide 11

13. Causes of burns You can get burnt by : ___________ hot liquids
_______________________
hot liquids
steam
fire
radiation
the sun
electricity and chemicals

14. Types of burn
How many types of burns are there?
What are they?
1.First degree burns.
2. Second degree burns
3.Third degree burns

15. Why should you put cold water on a burn?
Comprehending III:
Answer the questions on P36:
Why should you put cold water on a burn?
Why doesn’t a third degree burn hurt?
Why do you think clothes and jewellery near burns should be removed?
If someone has a third degree burn, why might you see tissue?

16. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Because the cold water stops the burning process, stops the pain and reduces the swelling.
Because in a third degree burn the nerves have been damaged. If there are no nerves, there is no pain.
Because bacteria from the clothes and jewellery could infect the burns.
Because all the layers of the skin have been burnt showing the tissue underneath (= under the skin).

17. Comprehending IV: (3m)
According to the text, label the following pictures with first degree burn, second degree burn and third degree burn.
The second degree burn
The first degree burn
The third degree burn

18. Discussion-I (5m)
Discuss to see whether the following is right or wrong. If it’s wrong, explain why and give the correct statement.
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. ( ) W R

19. 3. Mrs Casey’s sleeve caught fire while she was cooking
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 cool running water. ( ) W R

20. Reason and correct treatment: 1.2. 3. 4.
Sam shouldn’t have broken the blisters because the burns could become infected. He should have poured cool water, not icy water on the burns.
Right
Mr. Casey was not right to have picked bits of blouse off the burn, because he would pull the tissue under the material off too. He shouldn’t have put butter on the burn because it would have stopped the heat from escaping and might make the burn infected. He should have sent his wife to a hospital at once.
Right

21. Talking Task:
What kind of first aid should you give to a drowning boy?

22. 1. Check to see if he is breathing.
2. Try to start his breathing:
1) Press a hand on his chest many times.
2) Use the mouth-to-mouth method:
Lay him on his back, close his nose with your fingers and breathe into his mouth. Repeat this as often as necessary.

23. Reading Text 2: First do the revision of Text 1
The skin is an _______ part of your body and your body’s largest______. You have _____layers of skin that protect you _______diseases, _______ and the sun’s harmful rays. You skin also keeps you _____ or cool; it prevents your body from ______ water.
essential
organ
three
against
poisons
warm
losing

24. water; it is where you feel ____, heat or____ ;and it gives you_____________. So, if your skin gets _______, it can be very serious. First aid is a very important first step in the _________ of burns.
cold
pain
sense of touch
burned
treatment

25. Read the article on page 38 and then put these events in the order:
__ The attacker ran away.
__ Anne was attacked and started to scream.
__ John performed first aid on Anne
__ John was studying in his house.
__ The ambulance arrived.
__ John ran outside with his father.
__ John found Anne in her garden with
terrible knife wounds. 4 2 6 1 7 3 5

26. Answer the questions 1.What was John honoured for?
2.What did John do when he heard the screaming?
3.What happened to Anne?
4.What saved Ms Slade’s life?
5.What first aid did John perform on Anne?
6.What adjectives would you use to describe John’s actions? Give at least three.

27. 1.What was John honoured for?
He was honoured for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife attack.
2.What did John do when he heard the screaming?
He rushed outside.

28. 3.What happened to Anne?
She had been stabbed repeatedly with a knife and was bleeding heavily. Her hands had almost been cut off.
4.What saved Ms Slade’s life?
John’s quick action and knowledge of first aid saved her life.

29. 5.What first aid did John perform on Anne?
He used some tea towels and tape to dress the most severe injuries to Anne’s hands.
He slow the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the police and ambulance arrived.

30. 6. What adjs would you use to describe John’s actions
6.What adjs would you use to describe John’s actions? Give at least three.
brave, quick-thinking, helpful, heroic, courageous,
unselfish, fearless, confident
勇敢的, 有胆量的