What should a person travelling on a highway do if they experience the following: shortness of breath, chills, numbness of the arms, pain around the stomach area and humming in the ears.
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Correct answer
B. He should carefully enter the emergency lane, call the ambulance and unfasten his seat belts.
Explanation
Shortness of breath, chills, numb hands, pain around the stomach and a ringing in the ears are symptoms that may signal a heart attack, a stroke or another sudden health emergency. In such a situation you do not try to "make it" to the hospital - you may lose consciousness at the wheel at any moment. You carefully pull over onto the emergency lane (hard shoulder), switch on the hazard warning lights, call 112 or 999 and unfasten your seat belt to make breathing easier - answer B.
Answers A and C tell you to keep driving, and on a motorway, where speeds are the highest. Stopping on the emergency lane because of a threat to life is justified, and the medical dispatcher will tell you what to do until the ambulance arrives. Do it the same way as in a breakdown: switch on the hazard warning lights and, if you can manage, put out the warning triangle 100 m behind the car.
Legal basis: Art. 50 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)