Reading - Connect Plus Primary 3 Term 2 - ثالث ابتدائي

Reading Getting to hospital 1 Look and read www.Cryp2Day.com موقع مذكرات جاهزة للطباعة Who are flying doctors? Flying doctors When you are sick, you can go to hospital a car. In an emergency, you can go in an ambulance. The people who drive ambulances are called paramedics. They can give you first aid very quickly. Some countries also use helicopters to get people to hospital in an emergency. These are very important and can save lives. Australia is an - enormous country 7.69 million square kilometers. It has a population of about 25 million people. Most of the people live near the coast around the country. About one third live in the countryside, in INDOM INDIAN OCEAN VH-FOR PACIFIC OCEAN Cal Taman PACIFIC OCEAN BORD areas that are a long way from towns and hospitals - sometimes about a six-hour drive. What happens when you are sick? You can call the flying doctors! 64

Unit 9 The Royal Flying Doctor Service brings medical help to people all over Australia. The flying doctors are pilots as well as doctors. They can help with emergencies or injuries where they happen, and they can fly people to hospital. It is much quicker than traveling by road. The Australian flying doctor service has 77 airplanes. There is a lot of medical equipment inside, and they can be used as hospitals. Doctors can even do operations inside the planes! 2 Read again and complete. Why are these things important today? helicopters emergency paramedics airplanes 1 In an you can go to hospital in an ambulance. 2 The people who drive ambulances are called can give you first aid. 3 Lots of countries use 4 In Australia, they use 3 Read and answer and they to get people to hospital quickly. to help with emergencies. 1 Why do people need this service in Australia? 2 What two jobs can the people in this service do? What happens if you need surgery quickly? 4 Think Do we need flying doctors in Egypt? Why? 65