WW1 medicine Flashcards
2 features of the First Batlle of Ypres
50000 deaths
Lasted 1 month
2 features of Hill 60
Man made hill
Blew up by the British using mines
2 features Second Battle of Ypres
Straight after Hill 60
First use of chlorine gas
2 features of Somme
First use of tanks
400000 british casualties
2 features arras
Men came out of tunnels they dug under the german lines
Big progress first days, then slowed down
2 features third batlle of ypres
Aim to move the germans away from the higher ground
Started raining, which led to a flod
2 problems with transport fo wounded soldiers
Landscape was full of crates due to explosions
Land was full of bacteria, as the zone used to be a farming region
2 features of ambulances
They firstly sent horse-drawn ones, however, because they were slow, they were more likely to be taken prisoners or don’t arrive on time
The Times raised money to but 512 motor ambulances
Two features of trench foot
Soldiers had to change socks constantly
Amputation was necessary if it grew a lot
Two features of Trench fever
Symptoms: high temperature, headache
half a million man affected
Two features of shell-shock
Symptoms: nightmares, tiredness and headaches
Men were normally sent back to Britain
Two features gas attacks
FIrst one was in Hill 60
Soldiers were given masks to protect themselves from it
2 features dressing stations
2 types: amd ams mds
10 medical officers
2 features of casualty clearing station
Critical operations
Next to train so men can be sent to base hospitals
2 features of base hospital
Located near the coast
Used to continue treatment of men
