Work of RAMC and FANY

• What were volunteers mostly used for?

  To drive ambulances and for cooking and cleaning
• What were underground hospitals also know as?

  Thompson's cave
• Where were Underground hospitals (Thompson's cave) located?


  Very close to the front lines in the tunnels underneath the town
• What did difficult terrain mean?

  In some places only stretcher bearers and horse wagons could be used
• Public appeal in Britain raised money for how many ambulances?

  512
• Where was the Regimental aid post located?

  Close to the front lines
• Who were the regimental medical officers by in administering first aid?

  Stretcher bearers
• What was a Field Ambulance and Dressing Station?

  Large mobile medical unit, sorted wounded into more or less serious cases
• What were Casualty Clearing Stations?

  Larger and better equipped were in building 7 miles from the front line, and were staffed by doctors and nurses who prioritised treating life threatening injuries
• CCS were the most important place for efforts to reduce risk of infection until when?

  March 1918
• Where were Base Hospitals located?

  Near ports on the coast
• Can you explain the process that one would pass through when being injured on the front?

  You would be removed from the front by a stretcher bearer if it was on difficult terrain and you could not walk. Otherwise you would walk yourself to a Regimental Aid Post. If your injury was minor you would be treated there. If not you would be sent to a Dressing Station. Again, if you were fit enough to return, you would be sent back. If not you would be moved on to the Casualty Clearing Stations. Here you would be patched up or sent back, sent to hospital or given your last rites by a priest (as you were likely to die)
• How did an RAP work?

  They were located close to the frontline and staffed by men with basic knowledge in first aid. The main purpose was to get men back fighting asap.
• How did Dressing stations work?

  They were staffed by medics and nurses. They would either patch you up or send you to hospital.
• How did Casualty Clearing Stations work?

  When you arrived they would decide on the severity of your wounds and assign you to a hospital, send you back to the front or issue your last rites
• How did FANY work?

  FANY was made up of nurses who would drive ambulances and issue food and clothes
• What was a Base hospital and how did it work?

  Base hospital's were located close to the French or Belgian coast. They would treat men and if necessary evacuate them back to Britain if their wounds were serious enough.
• Why were Casualty Clearing Stations so important?

  They were the place where most of the
• What were volunteers mostly used for?

  To drive ambulances and for cooking and cleaning
• What were underground hospitals also know as?

  Thompson's cave
• Where were Underground hospitals (Thompson's cave) located?


  Very close to the front lines in the tunnels underneath the town
• What did difficult terrain mean?

  In some places only stretcher bearers and horse wagons could be used
• Public appeal in Britain raised money for how many ambulances?

  512
• Where was the Regimental aid post located?

  Close to the front lines
• Who were the regimental medical officers by in administering first aid?

  Stretcher bearers
• What was a Field Ambulance and Dressing Station?

  Large mobile medical unit, sorted wounded into more or less serious cases
• What were Casualty Clearing Stations?

  Larger and better equipped were in building 7 miles from the front line, and were staffed by doctors and nurses who prioritised treating life threatening injuries
• CCS were the most important place for efforts to reduce risk of infection until when?

  March 1918
• Where were Base Hospitals located?

  Near ports on the coast
• Can you explain the process that one would pass through when being injured on the front?

  You would be removed from the front by a stretcher bearer if it was on difficult terrain and you could not walk. Otherwise you would walk yourself to a Regimental Aid Post. If your injury was minor you would be treated there. If not you would be sent to a Dressing Station. Again, if you were fit enough to return, you would be sent back. If not you would be moved on to the Casualty Clearing Stations. Here you would be patched up or sent back, sent to hospital or given your last rites by a priest (as you were likely to die)
• How did an RAP work?

  They were located close to the frontline and staffed by men with basic knowledge in first aid. The main purpose was to get men back fighting asap.
• How did Dressing stations work?

  They were staffed by medics and nurses. They would either patch you up or send you to hospital.
• How did Casualty Clearing Stations work?

  When you arrived they would decide on the severity of your wounds and assign you to a hospital, send you back to the front or issue your last rites
• How did FANY work?

  FANY was made up of nurses who would drive ambulances and issue food and clothes
• What was a Base hospital and how did it work?

  Base hospital's were located close to the French or Belgian coast. They would treat men and if necessary evacuate them back to Britain if their wounds were serious enough.
• Why were Casualty Clearing Stations so important?

  They were the place where most of the