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Roadside live traffic — DipIMC MCQ

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EasyScene Safety, Medicolegal and CommunicationRoadside live trafficDipIMC

You arrive first at a two-car collision on an unlit A-road bend in heavy rain. One driver is walking wounded and another remains in the vehicle, but traffic is still passing at speed. You are in a marked response car with warning lights. What is the most appropriate immediate action?

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Correct answer: A — Park to protect the scene if safe, wear PPE and request police traffic control

Option A is correct because Scene safety comes before patient contact, particularly where live traffic may create further casualties. Rushing directly to the vehicle is unsafe and may remove the clinician from effective command. The clinical pearl is that a pre-hospital provider who becomes injured reduces the response capability for everyone. Option B is less appropriate because oxygen may be supportive, but it does not address the defining time-critical problem first; option C is less appropriate because vascular access is useful, but it should not delay the immediate priority. Option E is less appropriate because it is plausible in a different scenario but suboptimal for the features described; option D is less appropriate because delay would increase clinical risk. Clinical pearl: in DipIMC-style questions, the best answer is the intervention that changes outcome earliest in the pre-hospital phase.

Reference: JRCALC Guidelines; MIMMS