western front

• When was WW1


  1914-1918
• What was added to blood to allow it to be stored for 21 days

  Citrate glucose
• Carrol - Dakin Method


  Piping saline solution into a wound to prevent infection
• who was Harold Gillies


  A plastic surgeon who performed facial reconstructions
• what did Dr Harvey Cushing do


  Used magnets to to remove shrapnel from soldiers
• What were 3 types of gas used during WW1


  • mustard
  • Phosgene
  • Chlorine
• When was all soliders given masks for protection

  July 1915
• What shapes were trenches dug in

  Zig zag
• When was the Battles Of Ypres


  1st battle = oct-nov 1914

  2nd battle = apr-may 1915
• What was the FANY


  a women’s organisation that provided suppourt by driving ambulances and first aiding
• What was the methods to preventing or treating trench foot 


  • Buddy system
  • Whale oil
  • Fresh socks
  • Duck boards
• What illness fits this ddescription = fatigue , headaches, nightmares and uncontrollable shaking

  shellshock
• Which organisation was responsible for medical care in the army


  RAMC
• what war had its first large scale use of tanks


  battle of cambrai
• Which type of gas was used from 1917 onwards

  Mustard
• What did the underground hospitals at Arras have

  • operating theatres
  • Lighting and electric
  • Water
  • 700 beds
• What was the land inbetween enemy lines called

  No man’s land
• What was usually in no man’s land

  Land mines