Accident handling, first aid and emergency procedures
What the exam tests
This domain tests your immediate actions at a motorcycle crash: protecting the scene, alerting emergency services, giving first aid and avoiding further injury. Danish law recognises a duty to help a person in danger when you can do so without serious risk to yourself.
Core rules
- Stop, switch off engines, warn other traffic and call 112. Give the location, number of casualties and hazards. Put on hazard lights and use a warning triangle where safe.
- Do not move an injured motorcyclist unless there is immediate danger such as fire or traffic. Assume spinal injury after a fall.
- Leave the helmet on unless you must open the airway or the helmet blocks life-saving treatment. If you remove it, support the head and neck and use a second person.
- Check breathing. If the rider is unresponsive and not breathing normally, start CPR: 30 chest compressions to 2 rescue breaths, compressions at 100-120 per minute and about 5-6 cm deep. Use an AED as soon as it arrives.
- Control severe bleeding with direct pressure. Keep the casualty warm and monitor breathing until help arrives.
- Exchange details and report the accident to police and insurer where required. Do not admit fault at the scene.
Worked example
A rider slides off on gravel and lies unconscious but breathing. You stop, warn traffic and call 112. You do not pull off the helmet. You check the airway and breathing, keep the head still and cover the rider to prevent chilling. When the rider stops breathing normally, you begin CPR and send someone for the AED.
Traps
Removing a helmet routinely; moving a casualty to make them comfortable; leaving the scene to fetch help alone instead of calling 112; giving food or drink; crowding the casualty; forgetting to secure the scene against second collisions.