You are involved in a road accident. Are you obliged to give first aid to the injured persons if you do not have medical qualifications?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
As a participant in a road accident, you are obliged to help the injured even if you do not have medical qualifications. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act states that if someone is killed or injured in an accident, the driver involved in the accident is obliged to give the necessary help to the victims and to call the emergency medical service and the Police, and the Criminal Code provides for a penalty for failing to help a person in danger when help can be given without putting yourself at risk. Nobody expects you to have a doctor's knowledge: it is enough to secure the scene, call 112, check whether the injured person responds and is breathing, stop heavy bleeding and follow the dispatcher's instructions. The law protects a person who gives first aid in good faith and punishes the failure to give it - the worst thing you can do is to do nothing.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 162 of the Criminal Code