Emergencies:

Here are some English phrases and exclamations for use in emergencies and other difficult situations. Hopefully you won't need to use them!

Note that in a genuine emergency, you can contact the emergency services in the UK by calling 999; the number to call in the USA and Canada is 911.

Help! Be careful! Look out! Watch out! Please help me FIRE: Fire! Call the fire brigade. Can you smell burning? There’s a fire! The building’s on fire!

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES Call an ambulance! I need a doctor There's been an accident Please hurry! I've cut myself I've burnt myself Are you OK? Is everyone OK?

CRIME stop, thief! call the police! my wallet's been stolen my purse has been stolen my handbag's /laptop's/phone's been stolen I'd like to report a theft my car's been broken into I've been mugged I've been attacked

Other difficult situations

I'm lost we're lost I can't find my … Keys Passport Mobile Please leave me alone

I’ve lost my Wallet Camera Purse I've locked myself out of my … Car Room

Task 1: Watch the video about emergency vocabulary and answer the questions.

1. What is the first main advice?

2. What are the phone numbers the girl gives?

3. What are the emergency services?

4. What for do the firetrucks use sirens?

5. Give the definition of a firetruck given by the girl.

6. Why are firemen mostly men?

7. What is Urgent Care Department?

8. What happens if a call is false?

9. What crimes does the girl mention?

10. What TV show does the girl speak about?

Now go to the web page http://www.engvid.com/emergency-vocabulary-in-english/#quiz and pass the test.

Task 2: go to the web page http://www.redcross.org/prepare/disaster, choose one of the emergencies and deliver to the class the main principles of preserving safety and survival.

First-Aid Kit

A well-stocked first aid kit is a handy thing to have. To be prepared for emergencies:

1. Keep a first aid kit in your home and in your car.

2. Carry a first aid kit with you or know where you can find one.

3. Find out the location of first aid kits where you work.

Whether you buy a first aid kit or put one together, make sure it has all the items you may need:

• Include any personal items such as medications and emergency phone numbers or other items your health-care provider may suggest.

• Check the kit regularly.

• Make sure the flashlight batteries work. 

• Check expiration dates and replace any used or out-of-date contents.

The Red Cross recommends that all first aid kits for a family of four include the following:

• 2 absorbent compress dressings (5 x 9 inches)

• 25 adhesive bandages (assorted sizes)

• 1 adhesive cloth tape (10 yards x 1 inch)

• 5 antibiotic ointment packets (approximately 1 gram)

• 5 antiseptic wipe packets

• 2 packets of aspirin (81 mg each)

• 1 blanket (space blanket) 

• 1 breathing barrier (with one-way valve)

• 1 instant cold compress

• 2 pair of nonlatex gloves (size: large)

• 2 hydrocortisone ointment packets (approximately 1 gram each)

• Scissors

• 1 roller bandage (3 inches wide)

• 1 roller bandage (4 inches wide)

• 5 sterile gauze pads (3 x 3 inches) 

• 5 sterile gauze pads (4 x 4 inches)

• Oral thermometer (non-mercury/nonglass)

• 2 triangular bandages

• Tweezers

• First aid instruction booklet 

Task: make a survey of the first-aid kits in your country. What should it include?

*Supplementary material

Look through the information about the primary survey written for specialists (“Basic First Aid”). What is ABC? Explain the acronym and the actions of the first aid provider.

Written Task

You see the patient questionnaire form of the Wayne memorial Hospital (Pennsylvania, USA) Imagine symptoms or some health problems and fill the form. But before filling in write a short description of your imaginary patient and his medical history and add it to the form.

Speaking task:

1. What are the diseases of the 21^st century? Choose any and be ready to speak about it. Don’t forget to mention the causes, symptoms and consequences, possible treatment, means to prevent and activities to better inform prospective patients. You may speak about other countries’ and Russian policy (special establishments, investigations, information) in approaching the diseases.

2. What is your attitude to drugs? Do you prefer to use the latest scientific (pharmacological) achievements or to be treated by old “granny’s means”. Are you with traditional or alternative medicine? Give reasons for your point of view.

3. Tattoo and piercing. Are you for or against? What are your reasons?