Accidents will happen.

Brainstorming: What words can you think of when you talk about accidents?

Accident

drown bleed choke

burn/fire

cut

a nosebleed

a snake bite

a sprained ankle

a broken armcar accident

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 it is necessary for us to know the skill of first aid and how to deal with accidents to save their lives.  

1. To treat a bleeding, you should put a bandage(绷带 ) on the wound and apply pressure to reduce the bleeding.

A. True

B. False

2. The best way to treat a sprained ankle is to:

A. Put some ice on your ankle.

B. Put a heating pad(垫子 )around your ankle.

C. Keep on walking and jumping.

3. To treat a broken arm, you should:

A. move the broken arm at once.

B. keep the arm still using a sling to support the broken arm.

4. If you get a nosebleed, gently let your head back(仰起头 ) to stop the bleeding.

A. True

B. False(It may lead the blood into the throat and easily cause choking.)

5. To treat a choke, you should make him /her spit by patting him/her on the back.

A. True

B. False

（吐）

6. To treat a burn, you will:

A. Rub ( 擦 ) some butter on it.

B. Hold the burnt part under cold

running water.

C. Put salt on the burnt part.

7. Your friend has an asthma (哮喘 ) attack, but she doesn’t have her medicine. You’d better:

A. Get a paper bag for her to breathe into.

B. Get her a cup of coffee.

C. Take her outside for fresh air.

Caffeine (咖啡因 ) can help to dilate(扩大 ) the windpipe (气管 ).

Can you guess what will happen to the girl?

How will the mother deal with the burns?

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

Skimming

Find out 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

The three layers of skin:

The third layer

The second layer

The top layer

The functions of skin:1) Protect you against , and

;2) Keep you or ;

3) Prevent your body from _______;

4) It is where you feel _______,________ and_______.

5) It gives you .

losing too much water

sense of touch

warm cool

diseases poisons

the sun’s harmful rays

Careful Reading---Task 1

cold heat

pain

Careful Reading---Task 2

steam fire

radiationthe sun

electricity

hot liquids

2.How can we get burned?

chemicals

Careful Reading---Task 3 How many types of burns and what are they?

There are three types of burns:

first degree burns, second degree burns and third degree burns.

First degree burns

Affect the

____layer of

the skin.

Dry, red and

mildly

_________.

_________

painful.

Turn white

when ______.

Second degree burns

Affect both the

____ & the

________ layer.

________, red

and swollen.

Extremely

painful.

________

watery surface

Third degree burns

Affect_____

layers of the

skin.

Swollen;

________can

be seen.

______ or

____ pain.

Black and

white and

__________.

Types & characteristics of burns

1. Types1. Types 2. Characteristics2. Characteristics

top

top

second

all three

swollen

rough

tissue

mildly

little

no

pressed

blisters

charred

According to the form above, label these pictures

with first, second and third degree burns.

first degree burns

second degree burns third degree

burns

A B C

First aid treatment-------Task 4

1 、 _____ 2 、 _______

6 、 _____ 5 、 _____

3 、 _____

4 、 _____

remove clothing cool burns place cloths

get victim to hospital cover bandage

dry burned area

6 steps about first aid treatment for burns

What should you do if burns are on arms or legs?

What should you do if burns are on the face?

If burns are on arms or legs, keep them higher than the heart.

If burns are on the face, the victims should sit up.

Summary First aid for burnsThe__1______of skin

Skin acts as a ____2_____against disease, poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.

Burns

Hot liquids, steam, fire and so on can ___3_____burns. First degree burns affect the __4___layer of the skin. ____5____degree burns are very painful. Third degree burns have little or no pain because ____6____are damaged.

______7_____ for burns

___8___and ____9_____ near burns should be taken off. It’s better to put __10__water on the first and second degree burns for 10 minutes. Use a dry, clean ___11______ to cover the burned area.

functions barrier

causetop

Second

nerves

Treatment

clothing jewellery

cool

bandage

Discussion What can you do to rescue the drowning man?

Press a hand on his chest many times.

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.

1. Check to see if he is breathing.

2. Try to start his breathing.

1 、 Life is precious. So we should be cautious in our daily life to avoid accidents.

2 、 We should care about others and try our best to give them effective first aid if they are in danger.

Summing up

1. Get more about first aid from the

newspaper, magazine or the Internet.

2. Find out the important and difficult words

and expressions and finish exercises on

page 36.

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