What
happened after the collision occurred?
- The
rider is conscious and unhurt.
- The
rider is conscious and having serious injured;
- The
driver was unconscious and having seriously injured.
That said
above, these would be your first experiences when you were involved with traffic
accidents or you were past a traffic accident.
If you are
passers-by on the street or you are the first witness who saw the incident, do
you what dos and don’ts, and how will you deal with the accident or the victims.
Therefore,
in the WHO - Decade of Action program, the 5th pillar is "post-crash
response" or emergency response to carry out the first response.
The 5th
pillar, post-crash response, or the first emergency response is important
because accident victims can experience "traumatic injury" or very
serious injuries and life-threatening. In another possible scenario, the victim
may only have minor injuries but needs to get help to evacuate into a safe
place to avoid further events (escalation factor).
Based on
data from the WHO – Decade of Action, period 1 (2010 – 2021), data shows that
first emergency responses were carried out incorrectly to the accident victims.
People were led by the sense of humanity to help but instead led to more fatal
conditions due to a lack of knowledge on the first aid response.
Traffic
accident emergency response is divided into 2 main things:
If those
had not trained to conduct First Aid Response, then what we can do is as
follows:
If you
are trained and certified to conduct First Aid Response Level 1 and Level 2,
then do a first aid response according to the condition of the victim. If the
victim is trapped in the cabin or unreachable victim due to a difficult accident
scene, it is better to immediately call the emergency number or the police.
If the
victim is experiencing Life-Threatening, secure it and give it enough room to
breathe. If you are not a Level 3 First Aider, do not make victims stabilization
actions, do as necessary, and wait for the medical team to arrive at the
accident site.
For those who
have participated in First Aid response level 1 and level 2, and need a first
aid pocketbook in traffic accidents, you can download it from the following
link https://indonesiarsp.id/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/buku-saku-rev-11-februari-2020-jam-8.25.pdf.
Therefore,
a competent First Responder or emergency response personnel is needed. Once the
traffic accidents happen, it races against time to save the lives of the
victims.
WHO –
Decade of Action, has shares simple instructions, what we can do after an
accident occurs, available for download at Post-crash_response_booklet.pdf
(who.int).
First
Responders are indispensable because:
1. Not
everyone on the road knows to conduct a first aid response.
2. The
position of the victim of a traffic accident can be of various kinds because it
is not just removing the victim from the scene only. If the evacuation action
is wrong, it will worsen the condition of the victim.
3. First
Responders do not only perform first aid but also perform physical activities
to release victims for accident sites, e.g. they are trapped in the cabin.
4. First
Responder is integration between medical and mechanical activities to release victims
from car, truck, and bus accidents.
This is why
first responders are important because:
1. Race against
time
2. The injured
severity
3. The
risk at the location
4. Stabilization of victims, if the level of injury experienced life-threatening.
5.
Evacuate accident victims to get immediate medical treatment.