1Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1Have you ever had an accident or been injured? What happened?
2Have you ever seen an accident? Who helped the injured person/people?
3What did they do?
2Work in pairs. Look at photos 1–3.
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
aWhat do you think has happened?
bWhat could you do to help someone in this situation?
3aRead the text. Which of the injuries in photos 1–3 are mentioned?
🏥 Household Accidents
According to government statistics, 55 percent of domestic accidents happen while people are cooking in their kitchens. 33 percent of all injuries are caused by burns from electrical products, while 14 percent are caused by water leaks in the home, and 10 percent are caused by fires. Other common injuries in the home are due to falling objects, cuts from broken glass and people falling downstairs or tripping over things.But a domestic accident needn't have serious consequences if you know what to do when it happens. Knowing some basic first aid techniques to use in an emergency can not only help treat minor injuries, it can make a big difference to the outcome of an accident. In some cases it can even save lives.
The UK's leading first aid charity, the St John's Ambulance Brigade, offers extremely useful first aid courses that train people in how to assess an emergency situation, give the patient appropriate first aid treatment, before, if necessary, contacting the emergency services for medical help.
The injuries mentioned are: falling downstairs and injuries/burns while cooking.
3bRead the text again and complete the statements with the correct numbers.
1. % of injuries happen during cooking.
2. % of injuries are due to burns from electrical items.
3. % of injuries are caused by water leaks.
4. % of injuries are the result of fires.
3cRead the text again. Decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F).
4aWatch the video from 00:57–01:39. Tick the words or phrases you hear.
4bMatch the words from Exercise 4a with definitions 1–10. Type the word in each box.
1. Not awake or aware of your surroundings
2. When your body reacts badly to a substance
3. Harmed or damaged
4. Giving help to someone until full medical treatment is available
5. A position used in first aid when the body is placed on its side
6. A sudden and unexpected situation requiring immediate action
7. A mark on your body where you have hit or hurt it
8. When your body gets hot because you are ill or have hurt yourself
9. A continuous but not very sharp pain
10. When this part of your body hurts
5aMatch the captions to photos A–E and number them in the order they appear. (Watch 01:40–04:50 to check.)
Click a caption (left), then click a photo label (right) to match.
Matched: 0 / 5
6aWhat are the three reasons Sally gives for using CPR? Watch the video from 02:10–02:24 to check.
1.
2.
3.
💡 Model answers:
1. In an emergency · 2. When someone's heart has stopped · 3. When someone has stopped breathing
1. In an emergency · 2. When someone's heart has stopped · 3. When someone has stopped breathing
7aComplete the sentences with the words in the box. Then watch from 02:10–03:48 to check.
accidentairwaybreaths
checkscirculationdanger
rescuetechniques
1. But before you start helping someone, there's a few you should do.
2. These are the steps you'd take immediately after an .
3. So we're going to check the area for .
4. We need to check their to see if something's blocking it.
5. We need to get the going using CPR.
6. This is Annie. She is going to be our mannequin for today.
7. So, we continue doing the and presses until the ambulance arrives.
8. Okay, well I hope I can remember to put all these into practise.
8Watch the video again. Work in pairs and write instructions for putting someone in the recovery position.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
9Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1Would you feel comfortable giving someone first aid after watching this video? Why/Why not?
2Do you think it is easy to remember first aid in an emergency? Why/Why not?
10Work in pairs. Student A is a first aider. Student B has had an accident. Write a short dialogue about the accident. Use some of the words and expressions from Exercise 4.
Use vocabulary from Ex.4:
first aid
emergency
injured
recovery position
unconscious
allergic reaction
First aider: What happened? Can I help you?
Person: I fell off my bike and I think I've broken my ankle!
Person: I fell off my bike and I think I've broken my ankle!