Health, Safety and Emergency Procedures
This domain covers the driver's own fitness and the emergency response expected on board. Understand medical fitness requirements: the periodic medical examination, vision and hearing standards, and the conditions that disqualify a driver. Study fatigue - its signs, the rules on rest, and the correct response (stop and rest, not open a window). Know the effects of alcohol, drugs and impairing medication, and the driver's duty to declare them.
Master emergency procedures: fire (stop, evacuate, use the extinguisher only if safe), collision, breakdown (warn traffic, place the triangle, move passengers to a safe place), and medical emergency on board (call emergency services, give first aid within competence, use the first-aid kit). Understand evacuation principles: exits, order, assisting vulnerable passengers, and the assembly point. Learn basic first aid - the recovery position, CPR awareness, bleeding control - and the contents of the on-board kit.
Also study occupational health and safety: manual handling, slip and trip risks, and the driver's right to refuse an unsafe task.
Traps: using a fire extinguisher on a large fuel fire (evacuate instead); moving an injured person without necessity; and confusing the accident-warning triangle distance with the following distance. Questions often ask the priority in an emergency - protecting life comes before protecting property.
Worked rule of thumb: in any emergency, follow P-A-S: Protect (secure the scene), Alert (call services), Save (assist within your competence).