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ONLINE: 'From Disaster to Triumph. Saving life and limb on the Western Front' by Tom Scotland
Image: Surgeon George Gask operating at Canadian CCS 2 at Remy Siding in 1917 About this online talk: In 1914, the real treatment of wounds didn't start until the soldier arrived at the base hospital, a journey which sometimes took days. Anaesthesia was poor, surgical methods were inefficient, resuscitation almost unheard of. Not surprisingly, m...
From No-Man's Land to Auxiliary Hospital: Evacuating the Great War Wounded, Professor Jessica Meyer
This talk takes the audience on the journey of a wounded man from the front line to rehabilitation. It considers the sites of care he would pass through and discusses the range of caregivers he would encounter.