WW1 Methods of Caring Flashcards
1
Q
regimental aid post
A
- stretcher bearers
- very basic: bandages, morphine
- 16/1000 soldiers in the army would be stretcher bearers
2
Q
dressing station
A
- 1/4 mile behind front line
- splints
3
Q
field ambulance
A
- triage system
- mobile
4
Q
casualty clearing station
A
- 7 doctors
- nurses
- accommodate 50 men
- surgery and x-rays
- triage systems
5
Q
base hospitals
A
- near railways
- converted buildings or old hospitals
- operating theatres, labs and x-rays
- too severe take back to ‘Blighty’ (Britain)
6
Q
RAMC
A
- Royal Army Medical Corps
- 9000 in 1914 to 113000 in 1918
7
Q
Queen Alexandra nurses
A
- 300 in beginning to 10000 in 1918 with 15000 volunteers
- VAD: volunteers, educated, middle class women
