WW1

Question 1

In what year was the Battle of the Somme?

Answer 1

1916

Question 2

Who was the first person to do the first experiements on blood tranfusions?

Answer 2

James Blundell

Question 3

In what year were discoveries made into blood types A, B & O?

Answer 3

1901

Question 4

In what year was the first transfusion done having matched blood types in advance?

Answer 4

1907

Question 5

What is the raised section on the front ground part f a trench called?

Answer 5

Fire Step

Question 6

What is the area of ground between to front line trneches called?

Answer 6

No-mans land

Question 7

What would be at the back rear of a front line trench?

Answer 7

Dugout

Question 8

IN what year was the 1st Battle of Ypres?

Answer 8

1914

Question 9

In what year was the 2nd Battle of Ypres?

Answer 9

1915

Question 10

IN what year was the Battle of Arras?

Answer 10

1917

Question 11

IN what year was the first tank led battle of Cambrai?

Answer 11

1917

Question 12

IN what year and what is the 3rd Battle of Ypres more commonly known?

Answer 12

1917 Passchendale

Question 13

What does BEF stand for?

Answer 13

British Expeditionary Force

Question 14

What does RAMC stand for?

Answer 14

Royal Army Medical Corps

Question 15

What was the infection of the lower extremities more often called when they got wet?

Answer 15

Trenchfoot

Question 16

What was PTSD more commonly know as in World War One?

Answer 16

Shellshock

Question 17

What types of gas were used in World War One?

Answer 17

In order: Chlorine 1915, Phosgene late 1915, Mustard 1917

Question 18

When were gas masks first issued to British Troops?

Answer 18

1915

Question 19

What is the first point of medical support would you enter if re-treating back from No-mans land?

Answer 19

(RAP) Regimental Aid Post

Question 20

How close would a RAP be to the front line?

Answer 20

200 Metres

Question 21

What would be the second point of support you would receive on retreating from No-mans land?

Answer 21

ADS or MDS Advanced Dressing Station or Main Dressing Station

Question 22

Which medical officer went on to famously write “IN Flanders Fields”

Answer 22

John McCrae

Question 23

How far back form the front line would an ADS?MDS be?

Answer 23

400 meters

Question 24

Which medical station would nurses be allowed closest to the front line?

Answer 24

ADS/MDS

Question 25

How far up to the fornt line could a Field Ambulance get to?

Answer 25

ADS/MDS

Question 26

What area of medical support would start Triaging people?

Answer 26

(CCS) Casualty Cleraring Station

Question 27

What is the difference between a Field Ambuland and an Ambulance Wagon?

Answer 27

Ambulanc Wagon would be for transporting soldiers back from the ADS/MDS

Question 28

What type of buildings would a CCS be set up in?

Answer 28

Factories or schools

Question 29

What were the 3 stages of Triaging?

Answer 29

Walking Wounded, Hospital Treatment & Severly wounded too injured to recover.

Question 30

Where was the famous underground bases hospital that came into use in late 1916 with electricity and blood banks?

Answer 30

Arras

Question 31

How many spaces were available to the injured in the Arras caves?

Answer 31

700

Question 32

What 3 techniques were available to treat infected wounds?

Answer 32

Wound excision, Carrel-Dakin method & Amputation

Question 33

What old methos of suporting broken limbs whilst being transported was re-introduced in WW1?

Answer 33

The Thomas Splint

Question 34

In wat two ways did the Thomas Splint help patients?

Answer 34

Stopped the movement of the leg and pain & possibly going into shock and dying from the pain

Question 35

When were mobile x-rays frist used in WW1?

Answer 35

From the start

Question 36

What were the 3 problems with x-ray machine use in WW1?

Answer 36

Couldn’t detect objects in the body, length of time needed to remain still & fragility of the machine.

Question 37

When were blood transfusions first attempted on the Western Front?

Answer 37

1915

Question 38

When were blood transfusions regularly taking plave in CCS's?

Answer 38

1917

Question 39

What chemical was discovered that could be added to blood and helped to preserve it for longer outside the human body?

Answer 39

Sodium Citrate

Question 40

How long could the blood last for with sodium citrate added and refridgerated?

Answer 40

2 days

Question 41

What was added in 1916 to blood that meant it could last for up to 4 weeks?

Answer 41

Citrate Glucose solution

Question 42

What % of wounds were head injuries during WW1?

Answer 42

20

Question 43

What were the 2 types of anaesthetics that could be used in WW1?

Answer 43

local and general

Question 44

What was the difference between local and general anaesthetics?

Answer 44

Local would keep you awake during an operation whist general would knock you out.

Question 45

Who was the person pioneering plastic surgery during WW1?

Answer 45

Harold Gillies

Question 46

Where would plastic surgeries take place?

Answer 46

In Britain away from the front line

Question 47

Where was the best place to get plastic surgery in Britain?

Answer 47

Queens hospital in Sidcup Kent

Question 48

What were the two main risks from brain surgery?

Answer 48

Infection & lack of specialist neurosurgeons

Question 49

Who were and wat was the Role of the FANY?

Answer 49

They could drive ambulances and help care for patients need.