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Western Front Medicine Flashcards

1
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When did ww1 break ou

A

august 1914

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2
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Name two of Britain’s allies?

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France and Russia

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3
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What was the western front?

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A line of trenches from the belgium coast to the swiss alps.

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4
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What was no mans land

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Area of ground between two opposing trenches in WW1

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5
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what was the front line trench

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where attacks would be made from

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6
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what was the reserve trench

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where reserve troops would be mobilised for a counter attack.

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7
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what was the support trench

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Men would retreat here if the front line trench was attacked

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8
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what was the communications trench

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to transport men equipment and food supplies

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9
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what was a dug out

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where men could take protective cover when needed

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10
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what was the parapet

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a protective defense along the top of a trench

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11
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what were duck boards for

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placed at the bottom of trenches to stop men standing in mud

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12
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what caused trench foot

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standing in cold mud and water for a long time

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13
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what caused trench fever

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contat with lice

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14
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how did they try to avoid trench foot

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change socks whale oil on feet duck boards pumps

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15
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how did they try to avoid trench fever

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delousing stations

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16
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what were the 3 gasses used in ww1

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chlorine phosgene mustard

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17
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list the effects of phosgene gas on soldiers

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affected the victims breathing they died from suffocation.

18
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list the effects of chlorine gas on soldiers

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affected the victims breathing they died from suffocation

19
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list the effects of mustard gas on soldiers

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caused blisters on skin, internal bleeding, affected the eyes and lungs

20
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what did FANY do?

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drive ambulances, drove supplies such as good and clothes to the front line, mobile bath unit for soldiers, set up cinemas to help the morale of soldiers.

21
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what did RAMC do?

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created the chain of evacuation, treated injured soldiers, manned the dressing stations, worked in casualty clearing stations.

22
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who was the first in the chain of evacuation

A

stretcher bearers

23
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who was the second in the chain of evacuation

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regimental aid post

24
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who was third in the chain of evacuation

A

dressing stations

25
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who was fourth in the chain of evacuation?

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casualty clearing station

26
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who was the last in the chain of evacuation

A

base hospital

27
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what happened at a regimental aid post?

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gave immediate first aid, didnt treat serious injurys.

28
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what happened at dressing stations

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wounded wsere assessed and received basic medical treatments

29
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what happend at casualty clearing stations

A

they would do operations on critical injuries

30
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what happened at base hospitals

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continuing treatment then sent back to uk or back to fight

31
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what was triage

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where the injured are separated into 3 groups for treatment based upon the urgency of the patients need for treatment.

32
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what was wound excision or debridement?

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cutting away dead and infected tissue to stop infection

33
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what was the carrel dakin method for treating infections?

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sterilised salt solution put in the wound through a tube

34
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what was the final resort for treating the spread of infection

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amputation

35
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what was the thomas splint

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it stopped joints from moving when transporting patients

36
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what was the main use of x rays

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to identify shell fragments and bullets in the body

37
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list some problems of the use of x rays on the western front

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they couldnt detect all objects in the body

38
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how did they solve the issue of blood loss

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1901 blood groups where discovered, 1915 sodium citrate discovered which stopped blood clotting, 1916 citrate glucose solution to blood so it could be stored, portable blood transfusion kit was designed.

39
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how did they help brains surgery?

A

use of magnets to remove metal fragments

40
Q

how did they develop plastic surgery?

A

developed by harold gillies

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