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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

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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