Medicine on the Western Front

Question 1

Where was poison gas used for the first time in 1915

Answer 1

Ypres

Question 2

How many casualties did the British take on the first day of the Somme

Answer 2

20000

Question 3

What percentage of their time did soldiers spend on the Front Line

Answer 3

15%

Question 4

Name two weapons used during WWI

Answer 4

Machine guns artillery guns rifles places tanks

Question 5

What percentage of the British 2nd Army suffered trench fever between 1917 and 1918

Answer 5

15%

Question 6

How many men did the 27th Division lost to trench foot in January 1915

Answer 6

One sixth

Question 7

How many cases of shell shock did the British Army record

Answer 7

80000

Question 8

What was the name of the serious infection that may men developed during WWI

Answer 8

Gas gangrene

Question 9

What percentage of casualties were caused by gas

Answer 9

5%

Question 10

Describe the stages of the evacuation process

Answer 10

stretcher bearers regimental aid post field ambulance station casualty clearing station base hospital

Question 11

What did the RAMC increase to by 1918

Answer 11

From 9000 to 113000

Question 12

Name three groups of nurses from WWI

Answer 12

Queen Alexandria VAD FANY

Question 13

What is aseptic surgery

Answer 13

Sterilisation of gowns gloves and instruments

Question 14

What did Rontgen develop in 1895

Answer 14

X-Rays

Question 15

When did Landsteiner discover blood groups

Answer 15

1901

Question 16

What was the Carrel-Dakin method

Answer 16

Flushing out wounds to prevent infection

Question 17

What type of surgery was developed during WWI

Answer 17

Plastic surgery

Question 18

What did the Thomas Splint reduce the death rate from a broken thigh bone to

Answer 18

80% to 20%

Question 19

What did the discovery of sodium citrate in 1915 allow

Answer 19

It prevented blood from clotting and therefore enabled it to be stored

Question 20

What did Geoffrey Keynes develop in 1916

Answer 20

A mobile blood storage system.