Accident behaviour, first aid and emergency procedures
This domain covers the minutes after a crash. Marking is lost on sequence errors - helping before securing the scene, or removing a helmet out of reflex. The exam wants a fixed order of priorities: protect, alert, then treat.
At the scene
- Stop and make yourself safe: bike off the carriageway, engine off, hazard lights on, high-visibility vest on.
- Warn traffic. On an ordinary road put the warning triangle roughly 50–100 m behind the scene, further on fast roads. On a motorway, take the triangle out behind you and then stand behind the barrier, never on the hard shoulder.
- Call 112. Give the road name and the nearest town or junction, the number of casualties, and whether anyone is trapped or unconscious. Stay on the line until told to hang up.
- Do not move casualties unless there is fire, traffic or another immediate danger. A rider thrown from a machine often has a spinal injury.
Helmet and airway
Leave the helmet on unless the airway is blocked or you must start CPR. Removing a helmet takes two trained people, one supporting the head and neck while the other eases the shell from the sides. If you are alone and untrained, keep the neck still and wait for help.
First aid
- Airway: tilt the head, lift the chin, check breathing.
- Not breathing: chest compressions 5–6 cm deep at 100–120 per minute, 30 compressions to 2 breaths; use an AED if there is one.
- Severe bleeding: firm direct pressure, a pressure dressing, and a tourniquet where the limb allows.
- Shock: lay the casualty down, keep them warm, reassure them and keep watching the breathing.
Afterwards
Exchange names, addresses, registrations and insurance details; photograph the scene and the machines; note witnesses. In Denmark, failing to stop or to help a person in danger can itself be punishable, and an accident involving personal injury must be reported to the police. Inform your insurer and get any injury checked even if you feel fine.
Worked example
You come round a bend and find a rider down on a country road: helmet on, breathing but unconscious, traffic approaching fast. The order is warn traffic first - you cannot help if you become the second casualty - then call 112, then keep the airway open and monitor breathing without taking the helmet off. Unclipping the helmet and propping the head up is the instinct the exam is testing against.
Traps that cost marks
- Standing in the carriageway on a motorway.
- Removing a helmet reflexively.
- Moving an injured rider who is in no immediate danger.
- Leaving the scene because the other party said it was fine.