The ability to provide first aid is extremely important, because often it is witnesses who save lives of victims of an accident. It is important not only to gain practical competence, but also to acquire mental resilience and the belief that you can really do it.
In 2013, we started educational activities in the field of first aid. As part of the campaign, we have created a dedicated website www.pierwszapomoca1.pl. There you can find descriptions of rescue operations and specially made instructional videos on the principles of providing assistance to victims of accidents. You can also learn how to properly call an ambulance, what you need to have in your car medicine kit or test yourself in the knowledge quiz.
As part of the program, we organized a series of free first aid courses for drivers and for secondary school students. In consultation with the emergency services, we have also created detailed first aid instructions dedicated to many different variants of the situation of accident victims: conscious, unconscious, bleeding, children, motorcyclists, which we distribute to drivers.
On 5 December, on the A1 motorway at the level of the Kleszczewko MOP, rescue services will carry out exercises consisting in the simulation of an accident. If you notice an accident between 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. while driving past the Kleszczewko MOP, please do not call the Operator’s emergency phone number or other rescue services with information about the accident, because during these hours the Kleszczewko MOP will be the place of exercises.
In connection with the planned exercises, the following will take place:
– closing the lane in the direction of Gdańsk and redirecting traffic through the Kleszczewko MOP – parking at the Kleszczewko MOP in the direction of Gdańsk will be inaccessible to heavy goods vehicles