--- title: First aid and safety — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «First aid and safety», a lesson of the world course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: First aid is the help you give someone straight away, before a doctor comes. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/) / First aid and safety # First aid and safety Lesson 39 of the world course of Mova's primary school: 22 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/0/) — First aid is the help you give someone straight away, before a doctor comes. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/1/) — The first rule is to keep yourself safe, and the second is to get help from an adult or call the emergency number: 911 in the USA and Canada, 999 in the UK and Ireland (where 112 also works), 000 in Australia and 111 in New Zealand. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/2/) — A burn should be cooled under cool running water for about 20 minutes. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/3/) — Never put ice, butter or cream on it: ice damages the skin further and butter keeps the heat in. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/4/) — For a cut that bleeds, press a clean cloth firmly on it to stop the bleeding. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/5/) — For a nosebleed, lean forward, not back, and pinch the soft part of the nose. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/6/) — On the road, cross at a crossing, stop, look and listen both ways, and wear bright or reflective clothes in the dark so drivers can see you. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/7/) — In a fire, get out fast and stay low, because smoke rises and the cleaner air is near the floor. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/8/) — Never go back inside. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/9/) — If your clothes catch fire: stop, drop and roll. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/10/) — When giving first aid, first make sure you are safe yourself. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/11/) — The emergency number is 911 in the USA and Canada and 999 in the UK and Ireland, where 112 also works. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/13/) — Australians often call their country Oz for short. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/14/) — When calling for help, say what happened and where you are, and do not hang up until told to. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/15/) — A burn should be cooled under cool running water for about 20 minutes, never with ice, butter or cream. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/16/) — Pressing a clean cloth firmly on a cut helps stop the bleeding. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/17/) — For a nosebleed, lean forward and pinch the soft part of the nose. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/18/) — Smoke rises, so the cleanest air in a fire is near the floor. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/19/) — If your clothes catch fire, stop, drop and roll. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/20/) — Never go back into a burning building. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/21/) — Cross the road at a crossing and look and listen both ways. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/39-first-aid-and-safety/22/) — Bright or reflective clothes help drivers see you in the dark. - ← previous: [Sleep, exercise and growing up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/38-sleep-exercise-growing/) - next →: [Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/40-body-and-physics-reasoning/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/)