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FANY

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  • First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
  • Founded in 1907 by a soldier who hoped they would be a nursing cavalry to help the wounded in battle.
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RAMC

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  • Royal Army Medical Corps.
  • This organisation organised and provided medical care.
  • It consisted of all ranks from doctors to ambulance drivers and stretcher bearers.
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Triage

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A system of splitting the wounded into groups according to who needed the most urgent attention.

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Gangrene:

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When a body decomposes due to a loss of bloody supply.

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Shrapnel:

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A hollow shell filled with steel balls or lead, with gunpowder and a time fuse.

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