Emergency Procedures and First Aid
What this domain tests
Emergency Procedures and First Aid tests immediate actions for rollovers, entanglement, hydraulic injection, fire, and injury, plus the limits of first aid before professional help arrives.
Core rules
- Rollover: if the tractor has a ROPS and you are belted, stay in the seat and brace. Do not jump. Shut off the engine and fuel if it is safe, then call emergency services.
- PTO entanglement: stop the engine and disengage the PTO immediately. Do not pull the person free unless there is immediate danger; support the limb and call for help.
- Hydraulic injection: treat it as a surgical emergency. Do not squeeze or cut the wound. Keep the person still, note the oil type and pressure, and get emergency medical care.
- Fire: stop the engine, turn off the fuel if possible, evacuate, and use the correct extinguisher from upwind. Do not open a hot engine cover fully.
- First aid: control severe bleeding with direct pressure, cool burns with clean running water, immobilise suspected fractures, treat for shock, and start CPR only if trained and the scene is safe.
Worked example
A operator’s sleeve is caught on a rotating PTO shaft. The correct response is to hit the engine kill switch, disengage the PTO, and call emergency services. Do not attempt to reverse the PTO to free the sleeve. Keep the person warm, control bleeding with a clean dressing, and stay with them until help arrives.
Traps
Jumping from a ROPS tractor during a rollover, pulling an entangled limb, and dismissing a pinhole hydraulic injury are dangerous. Also do not move a person with a suspected spinal injury unless there is fire or another immediate threat.