In a single-vehicle accident on a country road near Ruurlo, the driver has an open fracture in his forearm. He is pale, clammy and thirsty and asks for some water. What do you do?
Give a sip of water, cover the wound and call 112
Straighten the arm, bandage the wound firmly and call 112
Cover the wound without bandaging it, give no water and call 112
Explanation
False — you intervene where covering is enough. A fracture is not life-threatening; you treat an open fracture like a bleeding wound: cover it, do not bandage it and do not straighten it (Book p.176).