History

History

1. medicine

   • ww1
     • Thomas splint
       • December 1950
       • reduced from 80% death rate to under 20%
       • kept leg straight and aloud blood flow
       • used widely on the front
     • evacuation rout
       • for injured people on the front
       • regimental aid posts
         • dressing stations
           • casualty cleaning station(CCS)
             • ambulance units
               • base hospital
                 • near ports
                 • lots of medical staff
                 • stay for a long time until they can go
                 • specialists
             • larger and better equipped
             • several miles away
             • doctors and nurses
             • reduced risked of infection until march 1918 base hospitals took that job
           • mile back from front
             • derelict buildings
             • dugouts or tents
           • field ambulance
             • set them up
               • RAMC
           • medical officer
           • stretcher-bearers
           • nurses from 1915
         • medical officer
           • helped with first aid
         • stretcher-bearers
         • sent on to next if badly injured
     • trench conditions
       • dirty
         • trench foot
           • loss of feet
       • rats
         • carried disease
       • the footboard stopped people from sinking in the mud
       • rations
       • not all trenches were muddy
     • trench layout
       • first few dug quickly in order for shelter
       • improved over time
         • drains
         • better cover
         • steps
       • front line
         • suport
           • reserves
             • communication
               • artillery