medicine past paper exam questions

Question 1

describe two features of the dressing stations

Answer 1

Dressing Stations were usually a short distance behind the trenches (1). They were often based in abandoned buildings
but sometimes they were just in tents (1).
* Staff at the Dressing Stations would treat minor injuries so that the soldier could return to the fighting as soon as
possible (1). Those with more severe injuries would be passed further down the evacuation chain where there were
better facilities. (1).
* They would be staffed by medical officers, together with male medical orderlies and stretcher bearers (1). After 1915,
some Dressing Stations also included nurses (1)

Question 1

describe two features of the dressing stations

Answer 1

Dressing Stations were usually a short distance behind the trenches (1). They were often based in abandoned buildings
but sometimes they were just in tents (1).
* Staff at the Dressing Stations would treat minor injuries so that the soldier could return to the fighting as soon as
possible (1). Those with more severe injuries would be passed further down the evacuation chain where there were
better facilities. (1).
* They would be staffed by medical officers, together with male medical orderlies and stretcher bearers (1). After 1915,
some Dressing Stations also included nurses (1)