Western Front Medicine

Question 1

When did ww1 break ou

Answer 1

august 1914

Question 2

Name two of Britain’s allies?

Answer 2

France and Russia

Question 3

What was the western front?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What was no mans land

Answer 4

Area of ground between two opposing trenches in WW1

Question 5

what was the front line trench

Answer 5

where attacks would be made from

Question 6

what was the reserve trench

Answer 6

where reserve troops would be mobilised for a counter attack.

Question 7

what was the support trench

Answer 7

Men would retreat here if the front line trench was attacked

Question 8

what was the communications trench

Answer 8

to transport men equipment and food supplies

Question 9

what was a dug out

Answer 9

where men could take protective cover when needed

Question 10

what was the parapet

Answer 10

a protective defense along the top of a trench

Question 11

what were duck boards for

Answer 11

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

Question 12

what caused trench foot

Answer 12

standing in cold mud and water for a long time

Question 13

what caused trench fever

Answer 13

contat with lice

Question 14

how did they try to avoid trench foot

Answer 14

change socks whale oil on feet duck boards pumps

Question 15

how did they try to avoid trench fever

Answer 15

delousing stations

Question 16

what were the 3 gasses used in ww1

Answer 16

chlorine phosgene mustard

Question 17

list the effects of phosgene gas on soldiers

Answer 17

affected the victims breathing they died from suffocation.

Question 18

list the effects of chlorine gas on soldiers

Answer 18

affected the victims breathing they died from suffocation

Question 19

list the effects of mustard gas on soldiers

Answer 19

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

Question 20

what did FANY do?

Answer 20

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.

Question 21

what did RAMC do?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

who was the first in the chain of evacuation

Answer 22

stretcher bearers

Question 23

who was the second in the chain of evacuation

Answer 23

regimental aid post

Question 24

who was third in the chain of evacuation

Answer 24

dressing stations

Question 25

who was fourth in the chain of evacuation?

Answer 25

casualty clearing station

Question 26

who was the last in the chain of evacuation

Answer 26

base hospital

Question 27

what happened at a regimental aid post?

Answer 27

gave immediate first aid, didnt treat serious injurys.

Question 28

what happened at dressing stations

Answer 28

wounded wsere assessed and received basic medical treatments

Question 29

what happend at casualty clearing stations

Answer 29

they would do operations on critical injuries

Question 30

what happened at base hospitals

Answer 30

continuing treatment then sent back to uk or back to fight

Question 31

what was triage

Answer 31

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

Question 32

what was wound excision or debridement?

Answer 32

cutting away dead and infected tissue to stop infection

Question 33

what was the carrel dakin method for treating infections?

Answer 33

sterilised salt solution put in the wound through a tube

Question 34

what was the final resort for treating the spread of infection

Answer 34

amputation

Question 35

what was the thomas splint

Answer 35

it stopped joints from moving when transporting patients

Question 36

what was the main use of x rays

Answer 36

to identify shell fragments and bullets in the body

Question 37

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

Answer 37

they couldnt detect all objects in the body

Question 38

how did they solve the issue of blood loss

Answer 38

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.

Question 39

how did they help brains surgery?

Answer 39

use of magnets to remove metal fragments

Question 40

how did they develop plastic surgery?

Answer 40

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