Doctor's orders - part 2

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• Secundair onderwijs

Doctor's orders (p. 228 - 261)

A window cleaner was cleaning the windows on the 25th floor of a skyscraper, when he slipped and fell. He wasn’t wearing a safety harness and nothing slowed his fall, but he wasn’t injured.

Brain teaser 

Why wasn’t the worker injured?

• He was cleaning the inside of the windows!
  

1. Watch the news item and write down what it is about.

• This news item is about a simulation exercise in which paramedics use jetpacks to get to patients quicker in areas that are hard to reach.
  

2. Watch the news item again and tick the correct answer to the question below. Sometimes, more than one answer is possible.

a) What vehicles do paramedics normally use for emergency care?

• an ambulance, a motorbike, a helicopter
  

b) When should this jetpack ideally be used?

• for short distances with steep hills
  

c) How long did it take for the paramedic to reach his patient?

• 90 seconds

d) How long would it have taken to reach the patient on foot?

• 25 minutes

e) Is this jetpack safe to use?

• Very. If the paramedic falls, he will surely survive.

3. How does the jetpack work exactly? Explain in your own words.

• You wear microjet engines (two on each arm, one on the back) which blow air downwards. This lifts you up from the ground and then you use your arms to move around.
  

• = a concussion
  

• = a broken leg
  

• = a black eye 
  

• = a nosebleed
  

• = a burn
  

• = a sprained ankle
  

• = a dislocated shoulder
  

• = a cut
  

• = a bruise
  

• = a graze
  

• an injury 
  

• injured
  

• zich verwonden
  

• to cut
  

• cut
  

• snijden
  

• to bruise
  

• a bruise
  

• kneuzen
  

• to graze
  

• grazed
  

• schaven
  

• a sprain
  

• sprained 
  

• verstuiken
  

• a fracture/    a break

• fractured/ broken 

• breken 

• to burn 

• a burn 

• zich verbranden

• antiseptic solution
  

• a bandage
  

• painkillers
  

• a pair of tweezers
  

• disposable sterile gloves
  

• an ointment for burns
  

• a triangular bandage
  

• plasters
  

• safety pins
  

• sterile gauze pad(s)
  

• a pair of scissors
  

• adhesive tape