First aid for burns
Teaching aims:
1) make students learn something about first aid for burns through reading the text
2) cultivate the students’ abilities of grasping the information, dealing with the problem and making use of the information
Teaching key points:
1) help students to master the basic steps of first aid for burns
2) make students learn some basic knowledge of first aid
Teaching procedure:
Step I Greeting and Leading in
Step II Fast reading:
In which order are those topics covered in the text? Number them by reading the first paragraph and the subtitles.
___ the three types of burns
___ what to do if someone gets burned
___ the functions of skin
___ the characteristics of burns
___ how we get burns
Step III Careful reading:
Part1: The functions of skin
1) Our body’s largest organ is ______.
2) We have _______ _______ of the skin.
3) Your skin ______ you _______ or _______.
4) It _______ your body ______ ______ ______.
5) It gives you your ______ ______ _______.
Part 2:Look at the following pictures and fill in the blanks
You can get burnt by:
_____ __________ ______ ______ ________ ____________ _______
Part 3& 4 Types & Characteristics of burn
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1. Types 2. Characteristics
First degree burns Affect the top______ of the skin. Dry, red and mildly
______. _______ painful. Turn white when ______.
Second degree burns Affect both the ____ & the ______ layer. ________, red and swollen. Extremely painful. ________ watery surface
Third degree burns Affect____ ________ layers of the skin. Swollen;
______can
be seen. ______ or ____ pain. Black and white and _______.
Label the pictures with types of burns.
___________ _______ _________
Part 5: First aid treatment.
Find the Dos and Don’s for burns of different degree in this section
Dos: 1) ______ clothing using scissors if necessary.
2) ______ burns with cool but not icy water.
3) ______ cool, clean wet cloths on the burns.
4) ______ the burned area gently.
5) ______ the burned area with a dry, clean bandage.
6) ______ the burned area _____ than the heart if possible.
7) ______ the victim ____ the doctor or hospital, if the injuries are second or third degree burns.
Don’ts 1)Do not put ________ on third degree burns.
2) Do not _____ the burned area, as this may break any blisters and the wound may get infected.
3) Do not put ___________________ on burns as they keep the heat in the wounds and may cause infection.
Step IV Ability promotion
After reading “First aid treatment”, please find out what treatment should be given to the little girl or the boy.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Step V Discussion
What should we do in the following situations?
St ep VI Homework:
Read the first aid cards and finish the quiz.