Warmers prompts warning

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1. What does the headlines mean? What structure do you find? Video about hand warmer.

Video 1 talks about an accident that an elderly got a second degree burnt. So experts reminds users to

prevent direct attachment to the warmer and take rest every 5-10 minutes to prevent injury.

2. When do people use this product? Do you know the function of it?

When the weather is cold, people use this to keep body warm.

3. How many types of heating pads do you know?

- 5 kinds.

1+2Disposable chemical head pad – handy / sticking one

3. electric heat pad

4. hot water one

5. reusable heat pad

4. Have you ever used this product? If yes, how is the experience? If no, would you like to try it?
Yes, they can keep me warm. I usually have one when I have to drive a scooter in a cold day.

5. What are the two advantages for people to use the hand warmers? 1

- keep blood circulation for elderly

6. What are the two kinds of situations where the heating pads can cause problems? Why? 2

1. A hand warmer can reach 45°C and could easily cause a burn if pushed against the skin for 15 to 20
minutes
2. Elderly people, those with chronic illness, mobility problems or nerve abnormalities are prone to low-
temperature burns, while other high-risk groups include infants and people who use sleeping pills.
7. What is hot water bottle rash? Did you ever have it or see it before? How did you feel? 3

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this is a skin reaction to a low-temperature heating. It causes an itchiness and Dark patches.

8. What are the three kinds of situations that may result from using the heating pads in bed? 4

a “hot water bottle rash”

damage to the skin and underlying tissue

a low-temperature burn

9. Who are the kinds of people that may prone to get burns by heating pads? Why? 5

1. A hand warmer can reach 45°C and could easily cause a burn if pushed against the skin for 15 to 20
minutes
2. Elderly people, those with chronic illness, mobility problems or nerve abnormalities are prone to low-
temperature burns, while other high-risk groups include infants and people who use sleeping pills.
10. Why do people get burns by heating pads? 6

11. What should people do when they sustain a low-temperature burn? 7

12. What is cooking sus vide chicken? Do you have this experience? 8

13. What is the process of unnoticed low-heat burns? 9

14. What happened to the shoulder pain treatment of heating pads? 10

15. What do you think of wrapping a heating pad in a towel? 11

16. What are some useful ways to keep warm in the winter cold spell?
Get a boyfriend or girlfriend and keep warmth together.

Get a husky.

17. Do you know many functions of the heating pads after being used? What are they?

No. Most of them are disposable.

18. What do the word or phrases mean in Chinese or English?

Dermatology _皮膚科__, Erythema ab igne_紅斑_, Underlying tissue_皮下組織_,
Abnormalities__異常__, Cooking sus vide chicken ___舒肥法__

Warmers prompts warning

Week 18 011123 News E.
Low-temperature burns 低溫燙傷·
Disposable 可丟棄的
Hand warmers 暖暖包
prolonged cold spell 長期的寒流
Dermatology
Aesthetics 美感
Heating pads 電熱毯
Localized
Circulation 循環
Exposed skin
Hot water bottle rash
Erythema ab igne
Reticulated redness
Dark patches
Itchiness
A burning sensation
Underlying tissue
Chronic
Mobility
Abnormalities
Are prone to
Pushed/pressed against the skin
Sustain
Rinse
Medical professional
In excess of
Inflicted
Cooking sous vide chicken
On guard for
Manifest
Blister