The Western Front Flashcards
When was WW1?
1914 - 1918
When was the first battle of Ypres?
October-November 1914
When was the Battle on Hill 60?
April 1915
When was the second battle of Ypres?
April-May 1915
When was The Somme?
July-November 1916
When was Arras?
April-May 1917
When was the third battle of Ypres?
July-November 1917
When was Cambrai?
November-December 1917
Components of the Trench System (5)
- Frontline trench
- Support trench
- Reserve trench
- All trenches were linked by communication trenches
- Dugouts for resting
What do the RAMC stand for?
Royal Army Medical Corps
What do the FANY stand for?
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
Chain of Evacuation (5)
- Stretcher bearers
- Regimental Aid Post
- Field Ambulance set up dressing stations in dugouts
- Causality Clearing Stations set up in buildings
- Base hospitals
Transport difficulties (2)
- Terrain
- Destroyed roads
X-rays (3)
- Took long for photos to develop meaning you need to stay still for long
- High radiation = patients burnt + lose hair
- Large; to heavy to move
Blood transfusions (3)
- 17th Century: Animals to humans
- 1818: Human to human (direct + half people survived)
- 1901: Landsteiner discovered blood groups
Deal with Infections (3)
- Chemicals to kill bacteria
- Surgery
- Amputation
Blood transfusions (4)
- Blood loss → shell shock → death
- Transfusions 1915 → limitied as blood couldn’t be stored
- 1916: Citrate glucose added → stored for longer
- Battle of Cambrai 1917: first blood bank
Thomas splint (2)
- December 1915
- Reduced death by broken limb from 80% to 20%
Plastic surgery (2)
- Face wounds by shrapnel
- Harold Gillies
Mobile x-rays (2)
- Marrie Curie
- Located bullets + shrapnel
Injuries and Illnesses (7)
- Gas attacks
- Head injuries
- Shell shock
- Trench fever
- Trench foot
- Bullets
- High-explosive shells and shrapnel
Problems with specific injuries (2)
- Never seen before
- Difficulty in treating due to extremities
Wound infection (2)
- Soil contained tetanus (injection given in late 1914)
- Gas gangreen bacteria
