Revision question · Incidents, accidents and emergencies

A casualty with suspected back injuries is in a safe place, responsive and breathing normally. No immediate lifesaving treatment requires movement. What should you do?

Revision material from the imported DVSA bank includes source-checked Lanekind learning corrections. These corrections are not newly issued official examination questions, and practice does not reproduce a live test paper.

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Offer them a drink

Leave them where they are

Raise their legs

Offer them a cigarette

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Leave them where they areThis was the right answer

Keep them still and reassured, call 999 and monitor breathing. Do not raise their legs or move them unnecessarily.

Reviewed reading for this question

Avoid unnecessary movement without neglecting the airwayReviewed guidance summary · These concern transport-scene movement, not an instruction to leave an obstructed airway untreated. The corrected cases distinguish normal breathing and safety from an immediate treatment need.

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