First aid, emergencies and breakdown procedures
What this domain tests
What you do in the first minutes after a crash or breakdown - the part that decides whether a bad situation gets worse.
At a crash
Stop, switch off your engine and put your hazard lights on. Call the unified emergency number 911 for injuries. Protect the scene: warn approaching traffic and move yourself and bystanders off the carriageway. Do not move an injured rider unless there is fire, traffic or another immediate danger - spinal injury is the risk. Do not remove a helmet unless the airway is blocked or CPR requires it; if it must come off, use two people, one steadying the head and neck.
First aid essentials
Follow DRABC - Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation. Control severe bleeding with direct pressure. Keep the casualty warm and still, monitor breathing, and be ready to start CPR if breathing stops. Heat stroke is a separate Saudi emergency: move the person to shade, cool actively with water and fanning, and call for help.
Breakdown procedure
Get off the carriageway to the right as far as possible with hazards on. On a highway, place a warning triangle at least 50 m behind the bike, further if visibility is poor, and stand behind the barrier rather than beside the vehicle. At night or in a dust storm keep reflective clothing on.
Worked example
Your bike loses power on a rural highway and stops in the right-hand lane. Correct sequence: coast as far onto the shoulder as possible, hazards on, triangle out at 50 m or more, then phone for recovery from behind the barrier while keeping your helmet and high-visibility jacket on.
Traps
Standing behind the bike while waiting; removing a helmet reflexively; moving an injured rider 'to make them comfortable'; and omitting the triangle in daylight because the lights are on.