How world war 1 helped developments in medicine?

Answer 1

* World War One brought a much needed change in military medical services. Only these were brought about due to mistakes found in the current services. Blood transfusions were one of the most important advances, but getting the blood type was learnt by trial and error. * Big improvements and sanitation and cleanliness, saw a decrease in disease and spread of infections. In most previous wars the lack of sanitation meant more people would die of disease than fighting. * Surgery and operating tables were given lighting by trucks and x-rays were introduced by the french (December 1918). * There was a boom in psychological injuries like shellshock, and although at first believed to be soldiers being weak and cowardly, was later recognised as a serious condition. Injuries to the nervous system such as; complex regional pain syndrome and phantom-limb syndrome, were also discovered.

Answer 2

=Medical help in World War I in the trenches:==The soldiers, if wounded, would be taken into a field hospital which they would either go under surgery (which would normally mean limbs being amputated) or you would be treated for shell shock (which was is psychological condition were soldiers would tremble, go dumb, stutter in fear, and just would move or talk for days on end). ==If you went to a field hospital but your wound/illness was too serious you would be taken to a real hospital in the country side.=

Answer 3

Blood transfusions were used a lot in the war, due to the amount of injured soldiers. Also x-rays were put into more use, organ transplants were used more often too. Medicines for mental illnesses were developed also because of what some soldiers suffered after they had gone into battle... this was shell shock.

Answer 4

Shortly after World War I, significant changes were made into the training of nurses in relation to care of what would now be known as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder