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Factors of Health - War

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does war affect progress in Health care?

a)

Stopped all discoveries

b)

Speeds up the use of new discoveries

c)

Stopped people finding out anything new

d)

Stopped doctors looking for new discoveries

2.

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

a)

Welsh Cakes

b)

Hot irons / boiling oil

c)

Egg yolk

d)

Whale fat

3.

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

a)

He owned lots of hens

b)

He had read about it in a book by William Harvey

c)

He wanted to try something new

d)

He ran out of oil

4.

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

a)

Sodium Citrate

b)

Sodium Chloride

c)

Sodium Dioxide

d)

Sodium Sulphate

5.

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

a)

1916

b)

1927

c)

1937

d)

1948

6.

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

a)

lasers

b)

X -ray

c)

MRI Scans

d)

Oxygen masks

7.

How has war held back progress in health?

a)

All doctors stop research

b)

The government sacks doctors

c)

New discoveries are made

d)

Takes doctors away from civilians

8.

Where did soldiers first go to in WW1?

a)

Casualty Clearing Station

b)

Field Dressing Station

c)

Hospital

d)

Docro's Surgery

9.

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

a)

ID tags

b)

Bar Codes

c)

Medical Files

d)

Medical Cards

10.

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

a)

Gangrene

b)

Plague

c)

Smallpox

d)

Cholera

11.

What was the WW1 term for battle stress?

a)

Shocked Shells

b)

Shell shock

c)

Doolally

d)

Ack Ack Happy

12.

Which hospital in Southampton studied mental health in soldiers?

a)

Bentley

b)

Trent View

c)

Black Notley

d)

Netley