How should you act when an accident casualty regains consciousness and wants to move away?
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Correct answer
A. Start a conversation and try to convince the person to remain on the scene until emergency services arrive.
Explanation
This question is about a casualty who has regained consciousness after an accident and wants to leave. You start a conversation with the person and try to convince them to remain on the scene until the emergency medical services arrive - answer A.
The Road Traffic Act requires a person involved in an accident to give the necessary help to the victims and to call the emergency medical team, and a person who has lost consciousness needs a medical examination regardless of how they feel. Loss of consciousness may indicate a brain injury; a bleed inside the skull can grow over hours, and the adrenaline after an accident masks the pain of fractures and internal injuries. That is why you talk calmly, explain why it is worth waiting, and watch the person: the conversation also lets you judge whether they speak coherently and remember what happened. If you let them leave (answer B), there is a risk that the casualty will lose consciousness on the way home. You do not give tranquillisers or painkillers (answer C) - they mask symptoms, may interact with anaesthesia and may worsen the condition in the case of a head injury. If the person still leaves, you do not hold them back by force, but you inform the dispatcher and the police.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 162 § 1 of the Criminal Code