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The moodboard of the 8 fact out of 17 that will make up my one minute infographic about world war one but this moodboard is about how i can brake down the fact in to one minute place.
Medical innovation in World War One The wounds inflicted on millions of soldiers drov e the development of new medical techniques and inventions. Giving and storing blood The British Army began the routine use of blood transfusion in treating wounded soldiers. Blood was transferred directly from one person to another. But it was a US Army doctor, Captain Oswald Robertson, who realised the need to stockpile blood before casualties arrived. He established the first blood bank on the Western Front in 1917, using sodium citrate to prevent the blood from coagulating and becoming unusable. Blood was kept on ice for up to 28 days and then transported to casualty clearing stations for use in life-saving surgery where it was needed most. Technological innovation Innovations developed in the First World War had a massive impact on survival rates – such as the Thomas splint, named after pioneering Welsh surgeon Hugh Owen Thomas, which secured a broken leg. At the beginning of the war 80% ...
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