《ESL Podcast 306 – Giving First Aid》.pdfVIP

English as a Second Language Podcast ESL Podcast 306 – Giving First Aid GLOSSARY nurse – a medical professional who helps a doctor; a person who provides basic medial services, but isn’t as highly trained and educated as a doctor * If you like taking care of people, but you don’t want to be a medical student for six years, you might want to become a nurse. aide – an assistant; a person whose job is to help another person * In many schools, a teacher’s aide helps the teacher work with students and do other classroom tasks. first aid – basic medical treatment; medical help given to someone before that person can be taken to a hospital or doctor’s office * Francine is taking a first aid class to learn what to do if her children get hurt. inj ury – damage or harm done to a person’s body * Vincent was in a bad car accident and he was relieved when the doctor told him he had only a minor neck inj ury. poison ivy – a plant whose leaves have a chemical that makes people’s skin red, itchy, and painful when they touch it * Don’t touch that plant! It’s poison ivy. bee sting – a very small hole made in one’s skin by the sharp part of a bee’s body, so that the skin around it become red, itchy, and painful * Chuck got three bee stings on his arms while he was picking blackberries. bug bite – a very small hole made in one’s skin by an insect’s mouth, so that the skin around it becomes red, itchy, and painful * Ingrid woke up with bug bites on her legs. There must have been a spider in her bed. scraped knee – a knee where some of the skin has been rubbed off, leaving painful red skin and blood on the knee * Ashley has scraped knees because she fell off of her bicycle while she was wearing shorts. unconscious – without consciousness; not aware of what is happening around oneself because one is hurt and seems to be asleep * After Z