Unit 9 a firstaid course (4)

Fainting Shock Burns - Don’t overheat the victim with blankets or coats.. - Don’t give the victim any food or drink.. - Put the affected part under a running cold tap if possible - Ease

Unit 9

Read

patient

blanket

tissue

a running cold tap

ease pain

cold water pack

: ch n ă : gi y n ấ ă : b nh nhõn ệ : túi nước lạnh : chườm chỗ đau : vòi nước lạnh đang chỏy

n ng ắ Match these words with their meanings

NEW WORDS

2- shock (n):

3- burn (n):

4- minimize (v):

5- elevate (v):

6- sterile (adj):

1- fainting (n):

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ch b ng, v t b ng ỗ ỏ ế ỏ

gi m t i thi u ả ố ể nâng lên

vô trùng

c n ng t ơ ấ

- Leave the patient lying flat.

- Don’t force him/her to sit or stand.

- Elevate the patient’s feet, or lower

his/her head below the level of the

heart.

- Don’t let the victim get cold.

-Give the victim a cup of tea when he/she revives.

Fainting Shock Burns

- Don’t overheat the victim with blankets or coats.

- Don’t give the victim any food or drink.

- Don’t give the victim drug or alcohol.

- Cool the burn immediately so as to

minimize tissue damage.

- Put the affected part under a running cold tap ( if possible)

- Ease pain with ice or cold water packs

- Cover the burned with a thick sterile

dressing.

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Fainting: True or

False

- Give the victim a cup of tea when

Shock: True or

False

- Don’t give the victim blankets or coats T

- Give the victim drug or alcohol F

- Don’t give the victim any food or drink T

Burns: True or

False

- Don’t ease pain with ice

- Cover the burned area with a thick

sterile dressing.

- Put the affected part under a running

cold tap.

F T T

Answer the questions

What do you do when you meet a faint person? What do you do when you meet a person who is shocked?

What about the burnt person?

a) Why do you leave the patient lying flat when he/ she is

fainting?

b) Why don’t you force him/ her to sit or stand when he/ she is fainting?

c) Why do you give the victim a cup of tea when he/ she

revives?

d) Why do you use ice or cold water packs when someone has burns?

e) Why don’t you give the victim any food or drink when he/ she

gets shock?

Answer the following questions with

one of the suggestions below

1 Ease pain

2 Make him / her recover quickly,

3 Let the bleed flow easily,

4 Make him / her conscious,

5 Avoid fainting or getting dizzy

c

d a e b

1 Write up the instructions of doing first-aid.

2 Do homework in workbook Ex 2,3( Unit 9)

3 Prepare “Write” :

- Past, present and future simple

tenses.

- Format of a thank-you note.