The Work of Doctors (RAMC) and Nurses (FANY) on the Western Front

Question 1

What were the different stages in the chain of evacuation?

Answer 1

Regimental Aid Post
Field Ambulance
Casualty Clearing Stations
Base Hospitals

Question 2

What could the Regimental Aid Post not do?

Answer 2

Deal with more serious injuries

Question 3

Where were Dressing Stations normally based?

Answer 3

About a mile back from the front line in derelict buildings , dugouts or tents

Question 4

Was there usually an Advanced and a Main Dressing Station?

Answer 4

Yes - the casualty clearing stations

Question 5

How would men get to a Dressing Station?

Answer 5

field ambulances

Question 6

When did Field Ambulances find it difficult to do their job?

Answer 6

Difficult terrain
Roads and railways destroyed
Constant attack - shelling and artillery fire
No motor ambulances initially - not enough horses

Question 7

How were men grouped at Casualty Clearing Stations?

Answer 7

prioritised treating life threatening injuries to men who had a chance of survival

Question 8

How did the CCS operate during the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917?

Answer 8

prioritised treating life threatening injuries to men who had a chance of survival

Question 9

How were nurses first treated by the British in 1914?

Answer 9

Not very well

Question 10

What did nurses begin to do in January 1916?

Answer 10

5

Question 11

What did Base Hospitals become useful for?

Answer 11

Patients could stay for longer - in CCS they could only stay for a week
Specialised treatments

Question 12

How was the Underground Hospital built and equipped in 1916-17?

Answer 12

700 beds 
Operating theatre
Mortuary
Running water
Electricity

Close to front line in tunnels underneath town