Western Front: 2 Features Possibilities Flashcards
The Ypres Salient
The Somme
Arras
Cambrai
The construction of the Trench System
The organisation of the trench system (including front line and support trenches)
The use of mines at Hill 60
The expansion of tunnels, caves and quarries at Arras
The significance of the medical treatment of the nature of the terrain
Problems of the transport and communications infrastructure
Conditions requiring medical treatment on the Western Front
The problems of ill health arising from the trench environment (2 features 2019)
The nature of wounds from rifles and explosives.
The problem of shrapnel
The problem of wound infection (How useful 2022)
The problem of the increased number of head injuries.
The effects of gas attacks (How useful 2020)
The work of the RAMC and FANY
The system of transport
Stretcher bearers (How useful 2019)
Horses
Motor ambulances
The stages of treatment areas
The RAP
The field ambulance
The dressing stations (2 features 2021)
The CCS
The base hospital
The underground hospital at Arras (2 features 2022)
The significance of the Western Front for experiments in surgery and medicine
New techniques in the treatment of wounds and infection (How useful 2018)
The Thomas Splint (2 features 2020)
The use of mobile X-ray units.
The creation of a blood bank at the Battle of Cambrai.
The understanding of infection and moves towards aseptic surgery.
The development of X-rays
