Unit 9. A first-aid course

ENGLISH 8
Teacher: Nguyeãn Phaïm Bích Ngoïc
School: Leâ Hoàng Phong
* Watch video clips and answer the questions:
- What happened with her?
- What happened with him?
- What should you do to help them?






Lesson:

Read & Language Focus 1


A first-aid course
Unit 9:

These are 5 things that should/ shouldn’t be used for first – aid of 3 cases : fainting, shock and burns
Burns
Fainting
Burns
Burns
Shock
Vocabulary










elevate (v)
revive (v)
overheat (v)
ease (v)
minimize (v)
Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the correct verb forms: elevate, revive, overheat, minimize, ease:
1, You should cool the burns immediately to _____ tissue damage.
2, You should give the victim a cup of tea when he/ she ______ .
3, You shouldn’t _______ the victim with a coat.
4, You should ______ the pain with ice or cold water packs.
5, You shouldn’t ______ his/her head higher than his/her feet.
minimize
revives
overheat
ease
elevate
Read the text and find the sentences relating to these pictures:
Leave the patient lying flat.
Don’t overheat the victim with blankets or coats.
Cover the burned area with a thick sterile dressing.
Put the affected part under a running cold tap ( if possible).
Don’t let the victim get cold.
Don’t give the victim drugs or alcohol.
Read the text again and tick the correct case for each of the following sentences:
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* Watch the video clips again and give first-aid:
Eg: - When my friend has a burn, I should use cold water packs to
ease the pain.
- …

Look at the picture and answer the question:
Why should we cool the burns immediately ?
->To minimize tissue damage.
-> Or: We should cool the burn immediately so as
to minimize tissue damage.
in order
to minimize tissue damage.
Note: SO AS TO / IN ORDER TO + V-infinitive
* Match A with B, then write a complete sentence by using in order to/ so as to:
Eg: I always keep the window open in order to / so as to let fresh air in.
KEYS:
Eg: 1, I always keep the window open in order to/ so
as to let fresh air in.
2, Mary wrote a notice on the board in order to/ so
as to inform her classmates about the change in
schedule.
3, Mr. Green got up early this morning in order to/
so as to get the meeting on time.
4, My elder brother studies hard this year in order
to/ so as to pass the entrance exam to the
university.
5, People use first-aid in order to/ so as to ease the
victim’s pain and anxiety.
* Game: Chain game



_ Read the text again and choose a correct case for each of the following treatments (p.84).
_ Make 2 sentences using “ in order to/ so as to”
_ Write what you should/ shouldn’t do when your friend has a burn, shocks or faints.
Homework:
The end