Factors of Health - War

How does war affect progress in Health care?

• Stopped all discoveries

• Speeds up the use of new discoveries

• Stopped people finding out anything new

• Stopped doctors looking for new discoveries

What did surgeons use in the Middle Ages to seal wounds?

• Welsh Cakes

• Hot irons / boiling oil

• Egg yolk

• Whale fat

Why did Ambroise Pare use an egg and rose oil mix to seal wounds?

• He owned lots of hens

• He had read about it in a book by William Harvey

• He wanted to try something new

• He ran out of oil

During World War 1 surgeons found what meant they could store blood for 30 days?

• Sodium Citrate

• Sodium Chloride

• Sodium Dioxide

• Sodium Sulphate

In what year was the National Blood Transfusion Service set up?

• 1916

• 1927

• 1937

• 1948

During World War 1, what technology was used giving doctors experience they wouldn't have got in peace time?

• lasers

• X -ray

• MRI Scans

• Oxygen masks

How has war held back progress in health?

• All doctors stop research

• The government sacks doctors

• New discoveries are made

• Takes doctors away from civilians

Where did soldiers first go to in WW1?

• Casualty Clearing Station

• Field Dressing Station

• Hospital

• Docro's Surgery

What new method of record keeping was introduced in World War 1?

• ID tags

• Bar Codes

• Medical Files

• Medical Cards

The conditions in the trenches led to what infection in wounds?

• Gangrene

• Plague

• Smallpox

• Cholera