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Chain of Evacuation

  • Regimental Aid Post

    • Few metres behind the front line in a shell hole or dugout
    • First aid
    • Men walked

  • Dressing Stations

    • 350 metres from the RAP in tents, dugouts, large buildings
    • Main dressing station - 1 mile behind advanced dressing station
    • Men got there in horse drawn ambulances/stretcher bearers

  • Casualty Clearing Station

    • Seriously injured men
    • Surgical wards
    • Wooden huts
    • Mobile x ray units

  • Base Hospitals

    • Turned into specialist hospitals to treat common injuries
    • Large buildings
    • Close to transport networks
    • X ray departments