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The Medical advancements of WWI had a huge impact on the war; many soldiers’ lives were saved due to advances in medicine and the invention of the ambulance. The First World War had many casualties and deaths, many of these deaths were not caused by the “invisible soldier”. Most of the injuries in the war were caused by large explosions and gunshot wounds. With the invention of the ambulance, many soldiers were aided sooner rather than later, resulting in their lives being saved.

At first Ambulances encountered many problems that made them more of a hindrance then a help. Since there was no “standard” ambulance almost all of the ambulances were different. When one ambulance broke down or encountered problems, mechanics had a hard time fixing the problem, since there was no standard model. The problem was soon solved when many people began to donate their cars, usually the Ford Model-T. Since there were large donations of the same car, a standard kit was made by the British Red Cross, in order to produce identical ambulances. Americans and other citizens of the Allied Forces could now order kits to place on their cars; this would now allow for mechanics to be able to repair the ambulances. After having a standard kit for the ambulance, there were fewer ambulances in the repair shop and more on the front lines, saving lives.

In the United States during the roaring 20’s the United States Economy was growing faster than ever before. The new use of the production line enabled Henry Ford to produce the Ford Model-T at an astonishing rate. The Model-T was used by the United States as an ambulance during WWI. This ambulance could travel up to 40mph, and could stand to travel through rough terrain. The Model-T alone was able to save many lives because of its ability to transport the wounded from field medic tents to safer more advanced facilities. Not all ambulances in the First World War were motorized. Many of the ambulances were horse drawn. These ambulances would have two horses attached to the front which would pull the carriage. The carriage held on average two stretchers and four to six injured but mobile soldiers. Although these ambulances were not motorized, having ambulances gave a huge advantage to transporting the injured, to safer locations. Had there not been ambulances in the war, many soldiers would have bleed out on the battlefield, or died in the field tents, due to the lack of treatment. Many soldiers that got his by shell fire or bullets had a good chance of losing a limb because their injury would go untreated for too long a period of time. The ambulances enabled these soldiers to receive the proper help, before they bleed out or had to undergo amputation.

The invention of the ambulance demonstrates how the new technologies of the 20th century revolutionized war; which in turn standardized the technology and methods. The First World War had many casualties and deaths, many of these deaths were not caused by the “invisible soldier”. Most of the injuries in the war were caused by large explosions and gunshot wounds. With the invention of the ambulance, many soldiers were aided sooner rather than later, resulting in their lives being saved. At first Ambulances encountered many problems that made them more of a hindrance then a help. Since there was no “standard” ambulance almost all of the ambulances were different. When one ambulance broke down or encountered problems, mechanics had a hard time fixing the problem, since there was no standard model. The problem was soon solved when many people began to donate their cars, usually the Ford Model-T. Since there were large donations of the same car, a standard kit was made by the British Red Cross, in order to produce identical ambulances. Americans and other citizens of the Allied Forces could now order kits to place on their cars; this would now allow for mechanics to be able to repair the ambulances. The French ambulance service got started when Mr. Harjes of Morgan & Harjes Company, which was a banking company in Paris France, donated the first ambulance to the French Government. This idea caught on in Paris and other countries such as America, and had it not been for all the ambulance donations, the ambulance would not have played a vital role in the war. After having a standard kit for the ambulance, there were fewer ambulances in the repair shop and more on the front lines, saving lives. In the United States during the roaring 20’s the United States Economy was growing faster than ever before. The new use of the production line enabled Henry Ford to produce the Ford Model-T at an astonishing rate. The Model-T was used by the United States as an ambulance during WWI. This ambulance could travel up to 40mph, and could stand to travel through rough terrain. The Model-T alone was able to save many lives because of its ability to transport the wounded from field medic tents to safer more advanced facilities. Not all ambulances in the First World War were motorized. Many of the ambulances were horse drawn. These ambulances would have two horses attached to the front which would pull the carriage. The carriage held on average two stretchers and four to six injured but mobile soldiers. Although these ambulances were not motorized, having ambulances gave a huge advantage to transporting the injured, to safer locations. Had there not been ambulances in the war, many soldiers would have bleed out on the battlefield, or died in the field tents, due to the lack of treatment. Many soldiers that got hit by shell fire or bullets had a good chance of losing a limb because their injury would go untreated for too long a period of time. The ambulances enabled these soldiers to receive the proper help, before they bleed out or had to undergo amputation. Ambulances were vital in saving lives of wounded soldiers. No matter what the cause of the injury is, during the First World War all injuries had the potential to be deadly. The ambulanced solved the problem of moving the injured to facilities that were better suited to help the soldier. During the First World War, ambulances were not able to treat every patient, and give them the best care possible, like ambulances can today. Since the ambulance held around 10 wounded soldiers there was absolutely no room for doctors or nurses to be moving about caring for the patients. The ambulance was a device, used to transport the injured to hospitals that were behind the front line. Many ambulance drivers were drafted; however there were many that volunteered themselves to the war. Most ambulance drivers were very young and needed proper training before entering into the front lines. Some famous young ambulance drivers include E.E. Cummings who joined the Red Cross when he was twenty years old; Earnest Hemmingway joined the war as an ambulance driver just after completing high school. The proper training was vital, because with many young un experienced drivers on the battlefield, the ambulance drivers would not have the ability to save others, they would need to be saved themselves. Many soldiers were not dying by the “invisible man” as much as before the war, and before the progression of medicine. The invisible man Is a name that is given to diseases such as typhoid and Gangrene. When a soldier

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1. Do i really like this topic. I think it is interesting that many well know authors were WWI Ambulance drivers. Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, E.E. Cummings, and Somerset Maugham. Robert Service, the writer of Yukon poetry including //The Shooting of Dan McGrew//, and Charles Nordhoff, co-author of //Mutiny On the Bounty//, drove ambulances in the Great War. Wow. I didn't know all of that. I wonder why. What was attracting them to this kind of service? I know that Hemingway couldn't serve in the military because of his eye injury. You should try to watch the video that Austen previewed on the Ning. That could be one of your sources. I'm excited about your ideas here :)

I am going to reserch the actual role of the ambulance driver and like things they saw and how they treated patients. I just think that it is interesting that a lot of well know authors were WWI A drivers.

2. Can i find info about this topic? Yes i can find info about the topic. I quickly researched the topic on google and it seems that alot of good sites came up. As i read some of the sites it does seem like this may be a little challenging to research because i am getting a lot of links about who famous drivers were. Since all of these famous authors were ambulance drivers i am getting a lot of info about that. I want more info on the role that the AD did not who famous ones were.

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 * There were different types of Ambulances
 * horse drawn and engine.
 * The horse drawn ambulances usually were able to hold 2 strechers and then 4-6 soldiers that were wounded but were still mobile and able to walk.
 * These ambulance were mostly pulled by two horses.
 * Motor Ambulances
 * There was no standard model.
 * Cars were not very expensive so people would donate their car to the war.
 * The problem came when people made there cars into ambulances by themseleves.
 * When something broke on the ambulance, then there was really know way to know how to repair it beucase there was no standard model.
 * many rich people donated cars.
 * Soon after the British Red Cross created a standard ambulance kit that could be put on cars,
 * This made it possible for more people to order the kit as well and a way for mechanics to be able ot fix the cars because they would all be the same.
 * For Model T were used by the US in the war as ambulances.
 * the ambulance body talked about above would be placed on them.
 * They were good on rough terrain
 * Could travel up to 45 miles an hour
 * The medical field was advancing very fast partly due to all the new medicine for the war.
 * now soldiers would not die as much from the "invisible man" diseases like Typhoid and other germs and infections.
 * 1 of 3 casualties died in the war
 * treatments began to sprout out of the ground.
 * "trech foot"
 * the treatment was purifying water with chlorine, fumigating clothes, and bathing regularly during rotations when not on the front line.
 * Tetanus
 * averted by injections
 * Gas Gangrene infections
 * an anti septic fluid created by british and French American chemist and surgeon
 * These treatments were ground breaking of there time. Many soldiers would have died on the front lines had it not been for these treatments. If the soldiers were aided to fast enough then they would have a much greater percentage of surviving than before these treatments were created.
 * For many the cause of injury was not by the "invisible man" rather by shell fire and bullets. Most of the time amputations had to take place for the smallest wound. If a limb is excessively bleeding then in many cases the soldiers would bleed out on the front lines. With the invention of the ambulance, which brought soldiers to medical tents, on a nice non enjoyable bumpy ride; soldiers began to have a better chance of survival.
 * casualties would be carried to first aid tents just behind the front lines, would have immediate treatment and then most of the time an ambulance would carry them to other hospitals or larger first aid tents farther behind the front line.

Resources

Willmott, H. P. //World War I//. New York: DK Pub., 2006. Print.

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