World War 1 is one of the bloodiest wars in American history as we lost over 32,710 soldiers in battle (WWI). From poison gas to machine guns, from airplanes to tanks their were people dying left and right in this war. With the medical procedures and medicine we have, I am sure that more than half of those soldiers could have been saved. World War One laid the groundwork for the medical field to advance into what it is today. World War One medical care was based off the French and the British, doctors grew smarter as the war went on, injured soldiers went threw a 24 hour process one injured, and the usage of triage helped further develop medical techniques and medicines during this First World War.
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Many nurses/doctors traveled with a regiment and they did not want them risking their lives running onto the battlefield to help a solider out. Nurses and doctors were very valuable in World War 1. From the time a nurse made his/her way over to the injured solider to placing them in a hospital bed way a long process. First, the solider had to be carried off in a stretcher and taken to an aid post. Their nurses would attend to the wounded while waiting for an ambulance to show up (WWI). The ambulance would then take the injured soldiers to a casual, “clearing station” (WW1). Here more medical staff would examine the soldier then ship them off to a train. Finally, the train would transport the solider to a base hospital where doctors could care for him. On a normal day this procedure would take a little under 24 hours, but if it were to be a very busy day it could take a solider one to two days to see a doctor (WWI). Even though the base hospitals weren’t always the best they tried their very hardest to provide care for the injured in the best
When the United States entered World War …show more content…
Many nurses/doctors traveled with a regiment and they did not want them risking their lives running onto the battlefield to help a solider out. Nurses and doctors were very valuable in World War 1. From the time a nurse made his/her way over to the injured solider to placing them in a hospital bed way a long process. First, the solider had to be carried off in a stretcher and taken to an aid post. Their nurses would attend to the wounded while waiting for an ambulance to show up (WWI). The ambulance would then take the injured soldiers to a casual, “clearing station” (WW1). Here more medical staff would examine the soldier then ship them off to a train. Finally, the train would transport the solider to a base hospital where doctors could care for him. On a normal day this procedure would take a little under 24 hours, but if it were to be a very busy day it could take a solider one to two days to see a doctor (WWI). Even though the base hospitals weren’t always the best they tried their very hardest to provide care for the injured in the best