You are a car accident participant. How should you behave when there is clothing burning on a person?
Show the correct answer
Correct answer
A. Push the person to the ground and put out the fire by covering them with a jacket, blanket or a coat.
Explanation
When a casualty's clothes are on fire, you push them to the ground and put out the fire by covering them with a jacket, blanket or coat - answer A. Waiting for the fire brigade (B) means severe burns, and putting out a person with a fire extinguisher (C) is risky: the powder and compressed gas can damage the eyes and airways.
Fire needs oxygen, and flames on a standing person climb upwards, towards the face and hair - that is why you first lay the person on the ground, so that the flames do not spread to the head, and then cut off the air supply with a tight covering. You can also roll the casualty on the ground or pour water over them. After putting out the fire, you cool the burns with clean, cool water, do not remove clothing that is stuck to the skin, and call an ambulance. The Road Traffic Act requires a participant in an accident to give the victims the necessary help, and everyone has this obligation under the Criminal Code.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 162 § 1 of the Criminal Code