Medical treatment in Casualty Clearing Stations and Base Hospitals
I can explain how medical care was organised at Casualty Clearing Stations (CCSs) and Base Hospitals.
Medical treatment in Casualty Clearing Stations and Base Hospitals
I can explain how medical care was organised at Casualty Clearing Stations (CCSs) and Base Hospitals.
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Key learning points
- Triage systems were used in Casualty Clearing Stations (CCCs).
- CCSs prioritised wounded soldiers with life-threatening injuries, but who could be saved, over other patients.
- Base Hospitals were able to care for large numbers of patients.
- An underground hospital was constructed at Arras.
- The underground hospital at Arras was abandoned during a battle.
Keywords
Ward - a room in a hospital where people receiving treatment stay
Dressed - in this context, to clean an injury and put a covering over it to protect it
Moribund - something that is at the point of death
Common misconception
Patients with the most severe wounds were prioritised for operations at CCSs.
Patients with the most severe wounds who were unlikely to survive were sent to moribund wards rather than being operated on at CCSs.
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