Rescue operations
35 questions in this category
This category covers driver obligations during rescue operations, including how to respond to approaching emergency vehicles, the "corridor of life" (korytarz zycia) rule introduced in Poland in 2020, and proper behavior when encountering accident scenes. Polish law imposes strict requirements on drivers to facilitate emergency response.
Why This Category Matters on the Exam
Rescue operation questions appear in 1-3 exam questions and test knowledge of the corridor of life rules and proper yielding to emergency vehicles. The corridor of life rule is relatively new (2020) and is heavily tested because it represents a significant change to Polish traffic law. Understanding these rules can literally save lives in emergency situations.
Common Mistakes and Tips
The corridor of life (korytarz zycia) rule requires drivers on multi-lane roads to create a passage for emergency vehicles as soon as traffic slows or stops. On a two-lane road in one direction: left lane moves left, right lane moves right. On a three-lane road: the two left lanes move left, the right lane moves right. The corridor is always created between the leftmost lane and the one next to it. Many candidates confuse which lanes move in which direction. When an emergency vehicle approaches with active sirens and lights, you must pull to the right and stop if necessary. You may not follow an emergency vehicle closer than 150 meters while it operates with signals active. At accident scenes, slow down, do not rubberneck, and follow police directions. Never drive through an accident scene if directed around it, even if the road appears clear. Using the emergency lane (hard shoulder) on motorways is strictly prohibited except in genuine emergencies.
In case of a wound hemorrhage and lack of sterile dressing you should:
B: use the clothing of an injured person as dressing.
Compression dressing should be applied in the case of:
C: haemorrhage.
How long should you continue to give chest compressions and artificial respiration in a person with a cardiac arrest?
A: Until the medical rescue team arrives.
How long should you stabilize the head of a trauma patient manually?
B: Until it is taken over by a member of medical rescue team.
You witness a pedestrian being run down. How should you behave?
C: Stop and give the first aid to the injured person.
In the case of not giving first aid to the road accident casualty who is in life endangerment situation the criminal responsibility is on:
A: any person who could have given them first aid without endangering their own or others' safety.
The car accident casualty who is in the vehicle should be:
B: evacuated from the vehicle - in case of stating a cardiac arrest in them.
You are a car accident participant. Which of the listed pieces of information should you give when calling the emergency number?
A: The place of the accident, the number and the condition of casualties.
You are a car accident participant. How should you behave when there is clothing burning on a person?
A: Push the person to the ground and put out the fire by covering them with a jacket, blanket or a coat.
Is a first-aid kit a piece of obligatory equipment in any motor vehicle?
B: No, but it's good to have it.
Which of the following actions towards a person injured in an accident may entail penal liability?
A: Failure to provide any aid.
What is the most relevant information for paramedics when indicating the location of the road accident?
A: Name of street and house number or name of road and the name of the nearest town, kilometre marker.
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.
B: He should carefully enter the emergency lane, call the ambulance and unfasten his seat belts.
What should you do if a fall from a four-wheeled vehicle (microcar, quad) entails a head injury with visible nose-bleeding or ear-bleeding?
A: Immobilize the head and the neck section of the spine, and apply a protective dressing.
What injuries are usually associated with severe head injuries which occur after a fall from a four-wheeled vehicle (microcar, quad)?
C: Injuries of the neck section of the spine and the skull.
Which of the following numbers should you call in order to call an ambulance to the scene of a road accident?
C: 999
Which of the following actions apply to drivers involved in a motor vehicle accident in which there are fatalities or victims?
C: Remain at the scene of the accident.
What is the correct way of resuscitation of an unconscious preschooler who is not breathing?
A: 5 initial breaths, then 30 presses and 2 breaths.
While driving a car in wintertime and you see a blue, half-conscious, freezing person on the shoulder, how should you help him?
C: Take him to the car, cover him and have him warm up slowly.
Is everyone obliged to give first aid to victims of accidents?
B: Yes, because one can independently perform some of the first-aid activities.
What should you do if you identify an open fracture?
B: Immobilize two adjacent joints.
What should you use as a dressing of severely-bleeding wounds?
B: A pressure dressing of gauze, cloth and bandage.
Why is the side position is a safe position for unconscious as well as breathing persons?
C: Because it prevents any blocking of the respiratory tract and choking.
Which of the following actions apply to drivers involved in a motor vehicle accident in which there are no fatalities or victims?
C: Remove the vehicle from the scene of the accident so as not to impede traffic.
What should be your first reaction when a child fastened in a child safety seat chokes on food?
B: Stop the car, take out the child and, holding it head downwards, pat it on the back.
What can you not do when involved in an accident in which there are casualties?
C: Move the vehicle to the hard shoulder.
What will you do to reduce the effect of internal fogging on the windshield when driving in the rain?
B: I will turn on air conditioning and direct airflow to the windshield.
What should you mainly pay attention to when you fill up a motorcycle with fuel?
B: That I do not spill fuel on the hot engine or hot elements of the exhaustion system.
What should you mainly pay attention to when you fill up a moped with fuel?
B: That I do not spill fuel on the hot engine or hot elements of the exhaustion system.
Which of the following rules should you follow when refuelling a motorcycle?
B: Petrol should not be spilled on the hot elements of the exhaust system.
How should you increase speed when driving a bus, if you want to drive economically?
A: So choosing the gear that the tachometer needle remains within the green area.
What may be the consequence of a long bus drive, when the tachometre indicator is constantly in the red field?
B: Damage to the engine.
In what way can you reduce air pollution during a stop at the bus station?
C: I'll switch off the engine.
What is the most effective method of acceleration in a truck?
B: By changing gears in such a way that the RPM's of the engines are not lower than the value at which the green area on the speedometer starts.
What does economic driving in a passenger car consist in?
A: In avoiding sudden braking and acceleration.