Vocabulary

1. Work in pairs. Disciss the questions.

• Have you ever experienced a patient with
blisters? Third degree burns? Sereve
bleeding?
• How should you treat them?
Answer : I ever. All I have to do is provide
first aid and treat it until the patient
recovers.
1. Sterilize
2. Make sure
3. Puncture
4. Remove
5. Squeeze
6. Keep
7. Immobilize
8. Treat
9. Immerse
10. Check for
11. Swab
12. Apply
3. Compare your answare with a partner. Working together, decide
which of the above instructions belong with each of these
conditions.

a. Blisters a. 1, 3, 11, 12
b. Third degree burns b. 4, 8, 9, 10
c. Bleeding c. 2, 5, 6, 7
4. Add an instruction of your own for each condition.
 Make sure you use a sterile needle.
 Don’t let the patient try to stand up.
 Don’t tie the bandage too tights.
 Take the patient’s pulse again.
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1. Check that • a. I count up tp between breaths?

2. Make sure • b. I give her?
3. What do • c. have to apply the pads?
4. Don’t let • d. thee patient is breathing
5. Should • e. the patient try to stand up
6. Shall i bandage • f. put the buent area under running water?
7. Don’t • g. the patient’s pulse gain
8. What dosage shall • h. the patient’s pulse again
9. Take • i. the wound now?
10. Where do I • j. use a sterile needle
It’s my job

1. When he was small. Then he saw two of

them caring for a driver on the scene.
2. Two and a half years.
3. Make quick decisions, save lives,
provide emergency care, and clear
communication.
4. People under the influence of drugs and
alcohol.
 1. c (qualified paramedic)
2. e (people)
3. f (treatment)
4. d (decisions)
5. a (a life)
6. b (as a trainee)
3. Would you like do Jeff’s job?

Answer : Yes, I would like to do Jeff’s job as

a paramedic.
Sign and symptoms

(4). Cardiovascular Problems

The (1). Central nervous system is
affected. This can cause changes in
personality, and restlessness in
advanced stages confusion and
ultimately (2). Coma can result.
may develop. The Patient’s heart
often beat’s abnormally fast, but
heavy bleeding may cause it to
beat to slowly.

Their temperature may be

(3). Abnormally low (hypothermia)
or high (hyperthermia).
An abnormal increase in breathing
rate can lead to (5). Respiratory
distress or failure.

(8). Gastrintestinal problems arise from a

(6). Blood pressure can be high in
the early stages, but then
hypotension is common as it falls
(7). Dangerously low.
lack of blood supply. The (9). Intestines
can stop working and can start to die. This
can cause (10). Abdominal pain, nausea,
vormiting, or diarrhoea
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