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First-aid skill: Save a life on the road

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<strong>CAPABLE HANDS: </strong>You could save a life if you know what to do. <em>Image: Supplied.</em>
<strong>CAPABLE HANDS: </strong>You could save a life if you know what to do. <em>Image: Supplied.</em>

Any road user who knows basic first-aid will be able to help a fellow traveller after a crash or in many other emergency situations.

Picture the scene: a severe collision occurs ahead of you on a quiet road. One driver has a serious neck wound and is losing blood, the other is unconscious and the car looks like it could burn. You panic... as you stand frozen a third car comes towards the wreckage and the injured.

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