Traffic incident
First aid


Park safely
Watch out  for physical danger (traffic …)
Set Your hazard lights flashing
Put on a high visibility jacket
Set up a warning triangle
- in a motor way at least 50 m from crashed car
- in a speed way at least 100 m
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Switch off the engine of crashed car
Apply a handbrake
Check vital functions of the casualty
Call the ambulance

Do not move the casualty unless it it absolutely necessary
We remove the casualty in a case of fire or
in a case of necesary CPR (no  breathing, no circulation)
In a case the casualty is breathing and is unconscious:
we keep him in the same position (holding his neck, because
we have to assume he has a neck injury)
We stop bleeding and monitor vital signs
In a case the casualty is breathing and is conscious:
we keep him in the same position and stop bleeding
We ask about the pain in back, chest, abdomen, extremities
We check active movements and sensation of his extremities