Reassurance until help arrives. Prompt treatment will minimise shock. Reassure the casualty, avoid unnecessary movement, keep the casualty comfortable, and prevent them getting cold. Do not leave a casualty alone. Give the casualty NOTHING to eat or drink. They may need an operation when they get to hospital.

Carry a first Aid kit : Car first aid kits can be bought from most car accessory shops or local  
  chemists, or you can make one up yourself. All you need to do this is a: -
• Plastic box-to put the contents of your first aid kit in.
• Disposable gloves-to protects against infection. At the scene of an accident, you are unlikely to be    able to wash your hands before treating anyone.
• Six individually wrapped sterile adhesive dressings-for smaller cuts and grazes.
• Alcohol-free wipes - to clean small wounds
• Two medium-sized sterile dressing approx. 10 cm x 8 cm ( Standard Dressing No 8 )

• One triangular bandage (if possible sterile, if not , a sterile covering appropriate for serious wounds)
• Sandwich bags - for enclosing burns
• Six safety pins
• Container of water Why not Learn First Aid from a qualified organization, such as the St John Ambulance Association and Brigade, Red Cross Society or any other suitably qualified body.