Medicine - Western Front Peg Test

Question 1

When did war with Germany break out?

Answer 1

4th August 1914

Question 2

In what year was the first battle of Ypres?

Answer 2

October 1914

Question 3

Why was Ypres important for the Allies to hold?

Answer 3

Close to a port

Question 4

What was the problem with terrain at Ypres?

Answer 4

Muddy

Question 5

When did the Battle of the Somme take place?

Answer 5

July - November 1916

Question 6

What was used for the first time at Cambrai?

Answer 6

Tanks

Question 7

What linked the 3 lines of trenches?

Answer 7

Communication trenches

Question 8

What caused trench fever and how was it treated?

Answer 8

Lice - bathhouses

Question 9

What caused trench foot and how was it treated?

Answer 9

Water underfoot - soldiers were given three pairs of socks to change

Question 10

What was used to protect soldiers from gas attacks before gas masks?

Answer 10

A piece of cloth

Question 11

Types of weaponry used?

Answer 11

Machine guns, artillery/shrapnel, shrapnel, rifles & gas

Question 12

How was shell shock treated?

Answer 12

Rest

Question 13

Difficulties with getting casualties out?

Answer 13

Traverse trenches, medics would be under fire

Question 14

What does RAMC stand for?

Answer 14

Royal army medical corp

Question 15

What does FANY stand for?

Answer 15

First aid nursing yeomanry

Question 16

Where was the RAP within the evacuation route?

Answer 16

Second

Question 17

What could the CCS offer that the RAP couldn’t?

Answer 17

More/better care

Question 18

How did dealing with blood loss improve in WW1?

Answer 18

Blood banks

Question 19

What was the Carrel - Dankin method?

Answer 19

Keeps solution flowing

Question 20

Who developed plastic surgery in WW1?

Answer 20

Harold Gillies

Question 21

How did the Thomas Splint help soldiers?

Answer 21

Stopped bones grinding together