Chain of Evacuation

• Say the Chain of Evacuation in order

  1. Stretcher Bearers
  2. Regimental Aid Post
  3. Dressing Stations/Field Ambulance
  4. Casualty Clearing Stations
  5. Base Hospitals
• How far was the Regimental Aid Post from the frontline?

  200m
• What did the Regimental Aid Post provide?

  Immediate First Aid
• Describe 2 features of dressing stations where injured soldiers might be taken to receive treatment. (4 marks)

  1. They were usually a short distance behind the trenches, often based in abandoned buildings or sometimes just in tents
  2. Staff at the DS would treat minor injuries so the soldiers could return to fighting as soon as possible, but those with more severe injuries would be passed further down the evacuation chain.
• After 1915, some Dressing Stations included nurses
• Give 2 forms of transport used in the Evacuation Process.

  Motor Ambulances and Horse Drawn Ambulances
• What happened in Casualty Clearing Stations?


  More serious cases were taken here
• What 3 categories were people sorted into at CCS

  1. Walking Wounded - patched up and sent back out
  2. In Need Of Hospital Treatment - Sent to hospitals
  3. Severely Wounded - Made comfortable and left to die
• Where was the Underground Hospital?

  Arras