RAMC and FANY Flashcards
1
Q
what does RAMC stand for
A
Royal Medical Corps
2
Q
who was medical treatment mainly provided by
A
RAMC
3
Q
what does FANY stand for
A
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
4
Q
what was FANY
A
an organisation that sent women volunteers to help oil on the western front
5
Q
what did FANY provide
A
- emergency first AID
- also drove ambulance wagons
- was never more than 450 FANYs in France, but they opened the way for more women to take part in the war
6
Q
what did The Underground Hospital at Arras have
A
waiting rooms for the wounded an operating theatre electricity and piped water rests stations for stretcher bearers 700 spaces where stretcher bearers could place as beds
7
Q
what was the underground hospital at Arras
A
a fully working hospital was created in the caves and tunnels under Arras
also known as Thompson’s Cave
8
Q
why was the underground hospital at Arras abandoned
A
its water supply was destroyed during the battle of Arras in 1917
