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