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a) Look at the drawings. What is the
man doing? Have you ever heard of
CPR? What do you know about it?
b) Use the phrases below to
label the pictures. Then try to put
the CPR steps in the correct order.
Listen and check your answers.
ñ doing chest compressions
ñ opening airway to the lungs
ñ performing mouth-to-mouth
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Read the text quickly. Where would
you find a text like this?
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a) Read the text again and find the
definitions of the words/phrases in
bold in the text.
b) Explain the highlighted words/
phrases.
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List the CPR steps and then talk about
it. Would you like to learn how to do
CPR? Why/Why not?
Write a step-by-step summary of how to
perform CPR.
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One of the most valuable life-saving techniques is CPR. But,
what is CPR? CPR stands for cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
Cardio means “of the heart” and pulmonary means “of the
lungs”. Resuscitation is a medical term that means “to revive”
– or to bring back to life. CPR can help a person who has
stopped breathing and whose heart may have stopped
beating to remain alive.
Police officers, firefighters, paramedics, doctors, and
nurses are all trained to do CPR. However, there are also
many other people who know how to administer CPR, such
as lifeguards, teachers, childcare workers, and maybe even
your own parents. But, what happens during CPR?
The person giving CPR – the rescuer – will breathe for
someone who is not breathing on his/her own. This is called
artificial respiration or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The
rescuer first tilts the victim’s head back to open the airway to
the lungs. Then, he/she pinches the victim’s nose and puts
his/her mouth over the victim’s open mouth, and blows,
forcing air into the lungs. In between these breaths, the
rescuer will probably use both hands, one placed over the
other, to press on the person’s chest several times in a row.
These chest compressions move blood out of the heart that
has stopped beating.
CPR is a life-saving technique that can be learned by
anybody. Many people choose to learn CPR so that they
know what to do in an emergency situation, even if they
don’t handle emergencies on a daily basis. CPR can help save
lives. Do you know CPR?