RAMC and FANY🤍

• with so many casualties and the battles being miles away from hospitals it was important to

  have medical facilities in the field
• the chain of evacuation for wounded

  evolved as war went on
• all medical workers were from the

  RAMC
• what does RAMC stand for

  royal army medical corps
• later volunteers were allowed for example

  womens FANY
• FANY stands for

  first aid nursing yeomanry
• the volunteers were mainly used for

  • driving ambulances
  • cooking
  • cleaning
• difficult terrain meant that in some places only

  stretcher-bearers and horse wagons could be used
• many roads and railway lines had been

  destroyed
• constant shelling and artillery fire made

  recovery of the injured very difficult
• initially no motor ambulances were sent out and

  there was not enough horses to cope
• public appeal in Britain raised money for

  512 motor ambulances
• Underground hospital at Arras was called

  Thompsons cave
• Thompsons cave was close to the

  front line in the tunnels underneath the town
• Thompsons cave included space for

  • 700 beds
  • an operating theatre
  • mortuary
• Thompsons cave also had

  running water and electricity
• Regimental Aid Posts were close to the 


  front line
• Regimental Aid Posts were used to


  administer first aid
• anything more serious was sent to

  the next stage
• dressing stations were about a

  mile back from the front line in derelict buildings, dugouts or tents
• Dressing stations could look after men for a

  week but more serious cases were sent straight to CCS
• CCS stands for

  casualty clearing stations
• CCS were larger and better equipped and were

  situated several miles from the front line
• CCS prioritised treating

  life threatening injuries to men who had a chance of survival
• base hospitals were located near ports on the coast and were for

  men to stay for some time before returning either to the front line or being sent home for further treatment