Vehicle Technical Condition, Equipment, and First Aid
Fitness to drive
A vehicle must be roadworthy: brakes, steering, tyres (tread depth and pressure), lights, wipers, horn, mirrors, and seat belts in working order. Tyres must match the season where winter tyres are required. A bus additionally needs a working tachograph, fire extinguisher, first-aid kit, warning triangle, and emergency exits marked and operable.
Equipment duties
Carry a warning triangle, first-aid kit, fire extinguisher, and reflective vest; don the vest when outside the vehicle on an unlit road at night. Use hazard lights and the triangle when stopped where you cannot be seen in time.
First aid essentials
The priorities are: protect the scene, call for help, then treat. Check responsiveness and breathing; if absent, start chest compressions at roughly 100–120 per minute. Control bleeding with direct pressure. Do not move a casualty with a suspected spinal injury unless there is immediate danger. For burns, cool with water; do not apply oils. Keep the casualty warm and monitor breathing until help arrives.
Traps
Questions ask whether you may drive with a cracked windscreen in the driver's field of view (no) and whether a first-aid kit may be expired (no). Another trap is moving an injured motorcyclist's helmet - leave it unless the airway is blocked.
Rule of thumb
Scene safety, then call, then care. Never become a second casualty.