Unit Award Scheme

116985 THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT 1914-18: INJURIES AND TREATMENT

In successfully completing this unit, the Learner will have		Evidence needed
shown knowledge of
1	the organisation of the trench system and how it affected medical treatment	Student completed work
2	the key battles on the Western Front in the First World War and how they affected the development of medical treatments	Student completed work
3	the nature of the terrain and at least two problems it created for the transport and communications infrastructure	Student completed work
4	the main medical conditions requiring treatment on the Western Front, including ill health arising from the trench environment	Student completed work
5	the nature of wounds from rifles, explosives and shrapnel, and the main effects of gas attacks	Student completed work
6	the role of the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) and FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry)	Student completed work
7	the main systems of transport used by the RAMC and FANY and the different treatment areas, eg aid post, dressing station, base hospital	Student completed work
8	at least two key facts about the underground hospital at Arras	Student completed work
11	the significance of the Western Front for experiments in surgery and medicine, including new techniques in the treatment of wounds and infection, the Thomas splint, the use of mobile x-ray units and the creation of a blood bank for the Battle of Cambrai	Student completed work
12	the historical context of medicine in the early twentieth century, including the understanding of infection and moves towards aseptic surgery, the development of x-rays, blood transfusions and developments in the storage of blood	Student completed work
demonstrated the ability to
13	assess a historical source's utility using the content of the source supported by contextual knowledge.	Student completed work

All outcomes recorded on an AQA Summary Sheet

Approved 19 April 2022Level - Level Two