Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
What is the best way to help an injured person after a crash if you are NOT trained in first aid?
- Call 911 and keep them warm and talking if conscious — correct answer
- Move them to your car
- Give them painkillers
Why
Call 911 and stay with them — keeping them warm, still and talking. Untrained handling can worsen a spinal injury. (Handbook, Section 10.)
Practise this in the real format
Reading one answer is not the same as sitting the test. The simulator runs the first-time adult form: 36 questions, 6 mistakes allowed, 83% to pass.
Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), the document the DMV writes the real test from. Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
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