Unit 8 First aid

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Unit 8 First aid
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Warming up
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• Look at the following pictures
• What would you do in these situations?
• What could we do to prevent these accidents?

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What would you do if you found sb drowned?
Never swim in deep water.
If a person has stopped breathing after falling
into the water, wed better press a hand on his
chest many times, and then use the mouth-
to-mouth method to start the persons breathing
again
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What would you do if you found sb. trapped in an
car accident?
Call for a doctor or an ambulance
Never pull her out of the car
Find enough people to lift the car safely and
take her to hospital at once
Look at both sides when crossing the street.
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What would you do when someone got burnt?
Call 119 first and tell them the exact address on
the phone.
If someone is badly burnt,we should call 120 to
ask for an ambulance.
Never play with fire. Be careful with gas. Make
sure that all the electric wires are safe.
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What would you do when someone is bleeding?
Try to stop the bleeding
If somebody is badly injured, we should not
remove it until we get a doctor. If the wound is
not serious, we can cover it with a loose clean
bandage.
Press a handkerchief onto the bleeding point and
hold it there.
Hold up the part of body which is bleeding if
possible.
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Go to the hospital at once.
Never pull it out of the cut.
If the cut is not serious, we can wash the area
of cut,dry it and cover it with a piece of dry
and clean cloth.
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If a person is choking, wed better not slap a
persons back.
Make him /her spit by tapping him/her on the back.
To avoid this, we shouldnt talk or laugh when
eating.
If you are well trained in the first aid, you can
try to get out the thing in the mouth and clear
the airway.
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What would you do if you find someone is
drug-poisoned?
Check if the person is breathing
Gently wake the person up and let him spit out
the pills
Call for help
Stay with the poisoned persontry to keep him
awake
Drug poisoning
Keep the bottle send it to hospital
To avoid this, we should
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Listening

• 1. Listen to the tape. What happened to each
  child?
• Child 1________________________
• Child 2________________________

The boy was bitten by a dog.
The girl drank some ink.
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2. Listen to the tape again answer the
questions.
Child 1 Child 2
When did it happen? .
Was any first aid given?
If so what was done?
About half an hour ago
Yesterday evening
Yes.
No.
The father washes the wound, dried it tied a
clean piece of cloth around it.
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Exercise 3

• 1. Can _________________?
• 2. Whats _____________________?
• 3. What did you do _______________ ?
• 4. Does ______ ?

I help you
the matter with it
before bringing him here
it hurt
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Talking (Page 131)

• Work in pairs and use the role cards below to
  practise describing accidents and asking for
  help.
• Take turns being the eyewitness and the operator.

Eyewitness Operator
1.Description of accident 2.Number of people injured 3.Type of injuries 4. Place What has happened? Who was hurt? Was any first aid given?
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Closing up with a quiz about first aid

• What should you do if you find a person whose
  leg is bleeding?
• Tie a piece of cloth round the leg above the
  bleeding point
• Press firmly on the bleeding point using a clean
  handkerchief.

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• What should you do if you find a person who has
  stopped breathing?
• Run and find help.
• Try to start his/ her breathing.
• What should you do if a person has drunk poison
  by mistake?
• Make the person throw up.
• Take the person and the poison container to
  hospital at once.

B
B
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• What should you do if you find a person with a
  knife in his/her back?
• Leave the knife in.
• Pull out the knife
• What should you do if you find a person who has
  been hurt in a car accident?
• Leave him/her in the car.
• Pull him/her out of the car.

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A
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Assignment

• Read the questions in the quiz part and discuss
  your answer with your partners. Try to present
  reasons to your answers.