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6 Read the treatment guide.
1. Approach the patient to assess the injury. Ask where
the pain is.
2. Check for a pulse in unresponsive patients. Place
your index and middle finger on the left wrist.
3. look around the patient's body for external
injuries. This includes swelling, bruises, and bleeding.
4. Feel around with your hands for bumps in the arms,
legs, and extremities. Bumps suggest an internal
injury like a broken bone.
5. Elevate the legs above the heart in cases of leg
swelling or fainting.
6. Do NOT move patients with potential spinal injuries.
Keep the patient's head in place.
7. Use first aid 10 treat any extemal injuries.
Then, choose the correct answe",.,
1 What is the point of this guide?
A when to use first aid
B identifying a spinal injury
C treating patients with no pulse
D how to assess people's injuries
2 What do you do first when a patient is
unresponsive?
A elevate the legs
B check for a pulse
C keep the head in place
D search for broken bones
3 What can you infer about internal injuries?
A They cause patients to collapse or faint.
B They require patients to keep their heads still.
C They are usually accompanied by external
injuries.
D They are not clearly identified in an initial
assessment.

Vocabulary
e Match the words (1-8) with the definitions
(A-H).
1 _spinal 5 _hand
2 _wrist 6 _external
3 _arms 7 _legs
4 _internal 8 _ extremities

A located on the outside of something

o Sefore you read the passage, talk about
these questions.
1 What are the different parts of the body?
2 How does a nurse treat injuries to the body?
B the body parts located below the waist that
people stand on
C the end of the arm that grabs and holds things
D relating to the bones in the back and neck
E parts of the body furthest from the center
F the body parts extending from the shoulders
G located inside of something
H the body part that connects the hand to the arm
o Fill in the blanks with the correct words Speaking
from the word bank.
(;) With a partner, act out the roles below
~ BANK based on Task 7. Then, switch roles.
pulse elevate bone head USE LANGUAGE SUCH AS,
What seems to be wrong?
1 In cases of swelling, _ __ the legs above
My leg really hurts.
the heart.
There's a bump and some swelling.
2 A patient with a neck injury should not move
his or her _ _ _
3 Check for a _ __ in the unresponsive Student A: You are a nurse. And you're
patients. checking a patient. Talk to Student B about:
4 The longest and hardest ___ in the body is
in the thigh.
• checking for breaks

• elevating the legs

0" Listen and read the treatment guide • other injuries

again. How does a nurse assess new

patients? Student B: You are a patient. Think of injuries
and tell Student A what's wrong.

Listening
0" Listen to a conversation between a
nurse and a patient. Mark the following Writing
statements as true (T) or false (F).
(0 Use the conversation from Task 8 to fill
1 _ The nurse finds a bump on the patient's leg. out the report.
2 _ The patient has multiple injuries.
3 _ The patient's wrist is too painful to move.

og Listen again and complete the

conversation.

Nurse: Hi, Mr. Aeynolds. What seems to be

wrong?
Patient name: - - - - - - - - - - -
Patient: I fell down the stairs. My 1 really
hurts. Cause 01 injury:
Nurse: I'm checking for a break. Tell me if it hurts,
when I touch your leg.
Patient: Okay ... Owl Right there.
Nurse: Yeah, there's a 2 and some
swelling. I'm going to 3 your legs.
Patient: My 4 hurt, too. Just above the
5 __
Nurse: Yes, there's a 6 forming. Is it too
sore to move?
Patient: No, I can move it. But
it hurts when I do.