chain of evacuation

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Order of the chain of evacuation
1 stretcher bearers 2 Regimental Aid Post 3 motor ambulances 4 advanced/main dressing stations 5 casualty clearing station 6 train 7 base hospitals
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What did Stretcher bearers do
Collected the dead and wounded off no land land to be treated
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Where were regimental aid posts placed
Located 200m from the frontline in communication trenches or deserted buildings
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Who operated regimental aid posts
Medical officers and stretcher bearers, who had first aid knowledge
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What did the regimental first aid post do
To give immediate first aid to get men back fighting, they couldn't manage serious injuries so these moved to the next stage
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What did motor ambulances do
Could deal with 150 wounded men but for no longer than a week, transported the sick to the next stage
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Where were advanced dressing stations placed
400m from the regimental aid post
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Where were the main dressing stations placed
A further half a mile back from the advanced dressing stations
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Who operated the dressing stations
Each dressing station had ten medical officers, medical orderlies and stretcher bearers of the RAMC, from 1915 nurses were available too
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Where were casualty clearing stations placed
Far away from the frontline, near a rail away to allow easy access to the next stage
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What did casualty clearing stations do during the third battle of Ypres (1917)
379 doctors and 502 nurses treated more than 200,000 casualties with medical staff operating on 30%
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What was the casualty clearing station's triage system
The walking wounded- those who could return to fight Those in need of hospital treatment- transported to base hospitals Those too severely wounded- there was no recovery so made comfortable and left to die
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What did the trains do
Transported injured soldiers to the Base hospitals
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Where were the base hospitals placed
Located near the coast so the wounded could be easily transported home
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What happened to the casualty clearing stations as the war progressed
The casualty clearing stations began doing more operations like the Base hospitals due to unattended wounds developing gangrene
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What happened by may 1916 to base hospitals
Wounds had already been operated on so base hospitals became responsible for continuing treatment and experimenting with new techniques which could be used in the casualty clearing stations
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