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What should you do after receiving a call from dispatch for a traffic crash?
What is: drive immediately to the scene.
Pg.456
A collision involving one or more vehicles in motion causing property damage, personal injury, serious bodily injury, or death.
What is: Traffic Crash
Pg.455
Injury resulting in an individual's death within a 30-days period after the traffic crash accident.
What is:
Fatal Injury
pg.465
What is step's 1 & 2 for managing a crash scene and Investigation
What is: 1- Approach the Traffic Crash scene safely
2-Assess the scene of the crash
pg.455
Thoroughly, yet quickly, scan the entire scene. Keeping in mind that there may be vehicles or people involved in the traffic crash that have left the scene or are not immediately visible
What is: locating all vehicles and people involved in a traffic crash
Pg.457
What Florida Statue governs traffic crash investigations
What is: chapter 316
pg. 455
First event during a traffic crash that caused injury or property damage, will determine the jurisdiction of the scene.
What is:
First Harmful event
pg.459
any injury reported or claimed that is not fatal injury, suspected serious injury, or suspected minor injury.
What is:
Possible Injury
pg.464
What is step's 3 & 4 for managing a crash scene and Investigation
What is:
3- secure a safe environment at the crash scene
4-Provide first aid to injured people, if necessary
pg.455
location of the first harmful event, or the first damage-producing event in the traffic crash.
What is:
Area of Collision (AOC)
Pg. 470
damage existing on a vehicle before the crash.
What is:
Pre-existing damage
pg.471
Is the length of time between the point of perception and the beginning of the evasive action
What is: Reaction Time
pg.469
Non-disabling injury, such as a laceration, scrape, or bruise
What is:
Non-incapacitating injury
pg.464
What is step's 5 & 6 for managing a crash scene and Investigation
What is:
5- gather traffic crash information
6- Investigate to determine how and why the crash occurred
pg.455/456
The process of telling a driver that your investigation is changing from civil to a criminal one, their crash privilege ends.
What is:
Changing Hats
pg.488
rough drawing of the scene.
what is:
Field Sketch
pg. 476
cut into the surface of the road where some part of the vehicle removed the road surface material.
what is:
Gouge
pg.471
A serious bodily injury other than fatal resulting in one or more of the following: crash injuries, unconsciousness when taken from the crash scene.
What is:
Incapacitating injury
pg.464
What is step's 7 & 8 for managing a crash scene and Investigation
What is:
7- Complete driver exchange of information
8- Take enforcement action
pg.456
violation is direct cause or contribution to the traffic crash itself.
What is:
Contributing traffic violation
pg. 479
Allows driver to provide information about a crash to law enforcement without worrying that it will be used against them in a criminal case.
What is:
Crash Privilege
pg.488
Identifies hazardous materials, outlines basic actions for first responders, recommends areas of protective action, and gives responders an initial safety plan.
What is: Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)
pg. 458
Injury that consists of a physical condition that creates a substantial risk of death, serious personal disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ
What is:
Serious Bodily Injury
pg.465
What is step's 9 & 10 for managing a crash scene and Investigation
What is:
9- return the scene to normal as quickly as possible, if appropriate
10- document the crash
pg.456
any action the driver takes to alter the speed or direction of a vehicle to avoid danger or hazard, such as applying breaks, turning the steering wheel, etc.
What is:
Evasive action
pg.469