高二年级 英语

授课者：蒋立耘

Task 1 First aid is the science of giving medical care to a person before a doctor can be found.

1. What should you do if you find a person who has stopped breathing?

A. Run and find help. B. Try to start his/her breathing. 2.What should you do if you find a person

with a knife in his/her back? A. Leave the knife in. B. Pull the knife out.

3.What should you do if you find a person

whose leg is bleeding?

A. Tie a piece of cloth round the leg

above the bleeding point.

B. Press firmly on the bleeding point

using a clean handkerchief.

4.What should you do if a person has drunk

poison by mistake?

A. Make the person throw up.

B. Take the person and the poison

containers to a hospital at once.

5.What should you do if you find a person

trapped under a car?

A. Try to pull him/her out.

B. Find enough people to lift the car safely.

Dealing with common injuries

What are common injuries?Common injuries are accidents that easily happen at home. We may not be able to prevent them from happening, but everyone should know what to do if an accident happens.

Common injuries

animal bites

burns cuts poisoning

1) Human bites can be more dangerous than some animal bites. T Because there are more types of bacteria and viruses that live in the human’s mouth.

2) One treatment to stop serious bleeding is elevation of the wound, if possible. T Elevating the wound can reduce the blood flow.

How to deal with common injuries?

3) A second-degree burn is less serious than a first-degree burn.

F

First-degree burns refers to only the outer layer of skin is burned. Second-degree burns are more serious. And third-degree burns are the most serious, involving all layers of skin.

4) In an adult, elevated temperatures aren't usually dangerous until they reach 40.5

o

C. F

When the elevated temperature reaches 40.5

oC, it may indicate great infection or

other diseases. Once the temperature reaches 40.5

oC, it begins to damage your in

ternal organs.

5) If a foreign object is fixed deeply in a person's body, remove it immediately to lower the risk of damage. F

Because if the foreign object is fixed deeply into the body, it may reduce some blood flow. You’d better cover the person's wound with a clean cloth. Don't try to remove the object yourself. Just leave it in. Seek emergency medical assistance.

6) If a person’s ankle is hurt badly, put a hot towel around the hurt ankle before going to hospital. F

Because heat can speed bloodcirculation, thus the injury inside theskin may bleed more and fast. You’dbetter put an ice pack on your ankle.

First aid right and wrong

Writing

Write a description and describe what happened in this picture and how you rescue the victim?

• Read the two texts carefully.

• Word study on P 61 and Vocabulary on P 132