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

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