Injuries and their treatment

Part 1

Casualties

I. Vocabulary Practice and Speaking Tasks

1.a) Have you ever witnessed an accident? What was the cause? How many people were involved?

b) Read the prompts and make two sentences for each picture using MUST / MUSTN’T

• open the windows and the doors

• pour water on it

• sweep the ground

• switch off the mains

• move in panic

• slap someone harshly to make him conscious again

• switch on the light

• cover it with a blanket

• make him lie and put his legs high above

c) Talk about an accident you have experienced considering the following questions.

- What happened?

- When and where did it happen?

- What were you doing?

- Was anybody injured? If so, what did you do to help them?

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the words.

1. People suffering from smoke ................................... (INHALE) have been taken to hospital.

2. When we were on our way to Milas, we saw a head-on ................................... (COLLIDE) between two cars.

3. Passive smoking can be ................................. ( HAZARD) to children’s health.

4. As infants or toddlers have very little .............................. ( ASSESS ) of the danger at home, they must be supervised by their parents.

5. A runaway passenger who hid himself in a wooden chest was found dead because of ................................... . ( SUFFOCATE)

3.a) Below is a step-to-step guide to artificial respiration. Put the jumbled sentences in the right order by numbering them (1-7).

The Kiss of Life

Artificial respiration is an emergency procedure used to assist breathing in an unconscious person in an emergency situation.

If the chest doesn’t rise, check the casualty’s head and repeat the process again.

Lie the casualty on his back and move his head into a sloping position. And support the back of his neck with the other hand.

If it doesn’t rise after this, check for an obstruction in the airway.

The chest fall repeats, the casualty gets enough oxygen and his colour changes from a blue grey pallor towards pinkness.

Keep the chin up and blow air deeply into either the mouth or the nose of the casualty until the chest rises.

Make sure the breathing continues.

Remove your mouth and allow the air to escape from the lungs. Watch the chest fall repeat.

b) Retell the process by using the sequencing words in the box.

II. Listening

Before listeningRead the list of some items and tick the items that can be possible actions in case of poisoning. The first one has been done for you as an example.

Then look through the following list and tick the items that are necessary to help in case of severe bleeding.

While listening.Decide whether the statements are true, false or not given.

1. Possible causes of poisoning can be a cleaning liquid, medicine, anti insect repellent.

2. It is impossible to get the information about anything that stops the effects of the poison.

3. Clean everything expelled from the mouth of the victim immediately to stop spreading the disease.

4. Few people know how to give abdominal thrusts.

5. You can do abdominal thrusts by getting directly behind a standing person only.

6. If you are doing abdominal thrusts, always place the hands at the base of the breastbone.

7. You can not help yourself if you are the person choking.

8. You can use abdominal thrusts for people who have almost drowned.

9. You should treat all wounds. Clean them with soap and water and cover while it heals.

10. Remove any obvious loose debris or dirt from a wound. If an object such as a knife, stick, or arrow becomes stuck in the body, DO NOT remove it.

11. Remove the cloth if the blood comes through it.

12. Tourniquets are dangerous because they can crush blood passages and nerves.

13. Treat the wound with a mixture of alcohol and water until medical help arrives.

After listening.

In pairs make up short instructions how to give first aid in case of

1) accidental poisoning

2) choking

3) choking if someone is in late pregnancy or fat

4) if you are the person choking

5) severe bleeding

6) if a wound seems infected

III. Reading

Pre-reading

Answer the following questions:

1. Can you name some home accidents?

2. How can we help prevent them?

3. Look at the picture and guess what happened to the boy.

While-reading

a) Read the text and put the paragraphs into the correct order.

If only I hadn’t left them on the floor!

A. He didn’t let his mother touch his leg. The injury seemed serious. His father was also there with his half-shaved face. The first seconds were wasted with useless attempts to ease the pain. But they knew that it would be dangerous to move him as it might be a fracture. They called for an ambulanceand applied cold compress on Kerem’s leg in order to prevent swelling until the ambulance came.

B. When she ran into the living-room, her three-year-old son Kerem was lying on the magazines and crying in pain. That morning Kerem had taken his blue steering-wheel and started to run along the corridors and through the rooms. It was the game that he liked very much. He hadn’t been aware of the dangers at his home.

C. Can you imagine that magazines may cause a disaster? If they hadn’t left the magazines on the floor the night before, little Kerem wouldn’t have slipped and broken his leg. If they hadn’t been tired and careless, they would have taken necessary precautions. Give yourself and your dear ones a fair chance to live a happy and healthy life.

D. It was an ordinary morning routine. While mum was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, she was also trying to do the household chores. She had to hurry as she had a limited time before leaving little Kerem to the nursery school and going to her office. Just as she was holding the tray, a painful cry scared her to death.

b) Write T (True) or F (False).

1. It was an extraordinary day. Therefore, the mother had to prepare breakfast in the kitchen.

2. The father was having a shave when Kerem slipped and fell down.

3. Kerem fell down while he was running in the kitchen.

4. They didn’t want his leg to swell so they put cold compress on it.

5. In order to prevent accidents, Kerem’s parents always take the necessary precautions.

c) Find the words in the text for the following.

1. ache

2. break or crack

3. pad that is used to stop bleeding

4. slid

5. things done in advance to avoid danger or risk

After reading

In groups of 3-4 make a list of necessary precautions at home to avoid serious accidents.

IV. Grammar Check