Could you communicate in an emergency with someone who uses British Sign Language (BSL) signs to understand and to make themselves understood?
BSL is the language of Britain’s Deaf community and also forms the basis of sign systems used with children and adults with Special Educational Needs (SEN) who have additional speech and language needs.
Basic sign communication can be invaluable for on the spot assistance – not only for Emergency Service providers but also members of the public who may be first on the scene and able to summon help and give assistance. Sign language users may want to carry this app with them – and also to register with the EmergencySMS service (detailed on page 3).
The 78 key-word flashcards provide a mobile reference that works great on tablet, smart phone and PCs using the free Kindle reader apps. With built-in functions, you can also make notes, use highlighting on the screen to pull up windows for a dictionary, Wikipedia, and even translation, making a useful revision aid for signing classes.
The signs contained in this mobile resource were selected by representatives of the Police, Fire and Ambulance Services in collaboration with the Deaf community, for Emergency Services up and down the UK.
They include:
Accident/crash, address/live, ambulance, baby, building/home, calm/patience, calm down, careful/carefully, car/vehicle, check/examine, child/children, cold, come, contact, danger/dangerous, deaf, doctor/medical, don’t panic, emergency/urgent, emergency exit, fall/collapse, family, fire/burning/blaze, fire service/fighter, friend, frightened, go/leave, good/fine/ok, help, home/go home, home/house, hospital/first aid, hot, hurt/injured/painful, ill/unwell, I/me, injection, inside, interpreter, lose/lost, man, medicine/medication, name/called, number, outside, oxygen, pet/animal, please/thank you, police, quick/hurry/fast, risk/risky, safe/safety, search for, shock, sign (language), smoke/fumes, snatch/rob, stay still/wait there, stop/wait, tablets/medication, trapped, trouble/problem, what? what time? what’s wrong? when? where? which? who? woman, write down, you.
Included are Handshape Key, Right and Left-Handed Fingerspelling Alphabets and Communication Guidelines.
Also available in printed booklet format with the same word/signs laid out 4 to a page.
BSL is the language of Britain’s Deaf community and also forms the basis of sign systems used with children and adults with Special Educational Needs (SEN) who have additional speech and language needs.
Basic sign communication can be invaluable for on the spot assistance – not only for Emergency Service providers but also members of the public who may be first on the scene and able to summon help and give assistance. Sign language users may want to carry this app with them – and also to register with the EmergencySMS service (detailed on page 3).
The 78 key-word flashcards provide a mobile reference that works great on tablet, smart phone and PCs using the free Kindle reader apps. With built-in functions, you can also make notes, use highlighting on the screen to pull up windows for a dictionary, Wikipedia, and even translation, making a useful revision aid for signing classes.
The signs contained in this mobile resource were selected by representatives of the Police, Fire and Ambulance Services in collaboration with the Deaf community, for Emergency Services up and down the UK.
They include:
Accident/crash, address/live, ambulance, baby, building/home, calm/patience, calm down, careful/carefully, car/vehicle, check/examine, child/children, cold, come, contact, danger/dangerous, deaf, doctor/medical, don’t panic, emergency/urgent, emergency exit, fall/collapse, family, fire/burning/blaze, fire service/fighter, friend, frightened, go/leave, good/fine/ok, help, home/go home, home/house, hospital/first aid, hot, hurt/injured/painful, ill/unwell, I/me, injection, inside, interpreter, lose/lost, man, medicine/medication, name/called, number, outside, oxygen, pet/animal, please/thank you, police, quick/hurry/fast, risk/risky, safe/safety, search for, shock, sign (language), smoke/fumes, snatch/rob, stay still/wait there, stop/wait, tablets/medication, trapped, trouble/problem, what? what time? what’s wrong? when? where? which? who? woman, write down, you.
Included are Handshape Key, Right and Left-Handed Fingerspelling Alphabets and Communication Guidelines.
Also available in printed booklet format with the same word/signs laid out 4 to a page.
