You are a car accident participant. Which of the listed pieces of information should you give when calling the emergency number?
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Correct answer
A. The place of the accident, the number and the condition of casualties.
Explanation
When you call the emergency number after an accident, you give the place of the incident and the number and condition of the casualties - answer A. The number of vehicles alone (B) or the number of casualties alone (C) is not enough for the dispatcher to send the right services to the right place.
The Road Traffic Act requires a participant in an accident in which people have been killed or injured to call the ambulance service and the Police immediately, and everyone who notices a person whose health is in sudden danger is obliged to notify the emergency services. The dispatcher at number 112 needs to know, above all, where to send help - the name of the road, the kilometre or a landmark - and how many casualties there are and what is wrong with them, because this decides how many ambulances are sent and whether the fire brigade comes. You speak calmly, answer the questions and do not hang up first - the dispatcher ends the call.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 4 para. 1 of the State Emergency Medical Services Act