Post-text assignments:
Exercise 1. Answer the following questions:
What are the main two types of wounds?
What does a wound mean in medicine?
What does the wound refer to in pathology?
What can open wounds be classified according to?
What are incisions caused by?
What types of open wounds do you know?
What is the treatment of lacerations?
What is the difference between the open and closed wounds?
How do we distinguish the closed wounds?
When can infection spread locally and become systemic?
Exercise 2. Choose one or more words from list B to modify the verbs from list A so as to make sense. Translate the word combinations into the native language.
List A: To cause; to refer to; to damage; to be caused by; to appear; to be misused; to collect; to be applied; to scrape off; to be referred to ; to lead to; to hit; to spread.
List B: the topmost layer of the skin ; a critical point; as a "through-and-through; tissue damage; over a long period of time; the dermis; locally; a clean, sharp-edged object; under the skin; in reference to incisions; a contusion; a sharp injury; linear (regular) or stellate.
Exercise 3. Find the appropriate sentence endings:
Incisions or incised wounds, caused by…
Contusions, more commonly known as …
Lacerations, irregular tear-like wounds caused by …
Abrasions (grazes), superficial wounds in which the topmost layer of the skin (the epidermis)…
Hematomas, also called a blood tumor, caused by…
Puncture wounds, caused by an object puncturing the skin, such as …
Penetration wounds, caused by an object such as a knife…
Crush injury, caused by a great or extreme amount of…
Gunshot wounds, caused by a bullet or similar projectile driving …
…is scraped off.
…into or through the body.
…entering and coming out from the skin.
…a clean, sharp-edged object such as a knife, a razor or a glass splinter.
… a nail or needle.
… force applied over a long period of time.
….damage to a blood vessel that in turn causes blood to collect under the skin.
… bruises, caused by a blunt force trauma that damage tissue under the skin.
… some blunt trauma.
Exercise 4. Give the comparative and superlative degree of the following adjectives.
Model: few – fewer – fewest; important – more important – the most important
Bright, hot, wide, easy, brave, good, active, fine, fat, bad, dirty, old, beautiful, thin, long, big, difficult, important, many, little, soon, correctly, strong, thin, thick, narrow, interesting, warm, deep, rough, great, clean, sharp.
Exercise 5. Translate the following word combinations into English:
Критична точка; недостатня циркуляція; травматичні поранення; порівняно повільний процес; збиратися під шкірою; розпадатися на складові частини; розривати тканину; забите місце; власне шкіра; вогнепальне поранення; синець; вхід та вихід кулі; пошкоджувати кров’яні судини; небезпечні рани; розповсюджуватися локально; поверхові пошкодження; груба поверхня; предмет з гострим кінцем; лінійні та зіркоподібні розриви; скляний осколок, обвуглена поверхня.
Exercise 6. Approve or disapprove the following statements.
Injuries are far too common for some people.
At some point in most of our lives, we will receive a wound.
Whether major or minor, any injury that tears flesh is not only painful, but dangerous.
The simplest puncture can breed tetanus, and a small cut can turn septic with infection.
Knowing the basics of what types of wounds are more serious than others can help you treat them.
As mentioned above, any wound can be serious, no matter how small, if ignored.
In the case of punctures, a thorough cleansing and an update on your tetanus shot is a must.
Deep cuts, where blood is pumping with each heartbeat, need not an immediate call to 911.
Burns that are charred or where underlying tissues are exposed also need immediate medical attention.
In the case of any serious wound, seek professional medical treatment immediately.
Exercise 7. Complete the following sentences with the suitable words from the box: