Middlesex Township near Carlisle in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Aid Station
Photographed By Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012
1. Aid Station Marker
Inscription.
Aid Station. . The Army Medical Department that served in France was the best equipped and trained Medical Department up to that time. Trained enlisted aid men were attached to each company in a division and provided immediate care and evacuated the wounded to an aid station. From these stations the wounded were shipped to hospitals in the rear. Medical innovations such as surgery performed under antiseptic conditions, x-ray of wounds, patient to patient blood transfusions, and vaccination against tetanus dramatically improved a Soldier’s chance of recovery. In fact 93% of Soldiers who were wounded and received care survived., Our men lay in Shell-holes scattered over the entire are of advance… The medical men accompanied the assault waves and worked every minute administering first aid and getting the seriously wounded to the rear… The triage hospitals had received that day ten officers and 493 men… There was a far larger number of slightly wounded who refused to quit their posts. , Notes from the History of the Fifth Division, A.E.F.
The Army Medical Department that served in France was the best equipped and trained Medical Department up to that time. Trained enlisted aid men were attached to each company in a division and provided immediate care and evacuated the wounded to an aid station. From these stations the wounded were shipped to hospitals in the rear. Medical innovations such as surgery performed under antiseptic conditions, x-ray of wounds, patient to patient blood transfusions, and vaccination against tetanus dramatically improved a Soldier’s chance of recovery. In fact 93% of Soldiers who were wounded and received care survived.
Our men lay in Shell-holes scattered over the entire are of advance… The medical men accompanied the assault waves and worked every minute administering first aid and getting the seriously wounded to the rear… The triage hospitals had received that day ten officers and 493 men… There was a far larger number of slightly wounded who refused to quit their posts.
Notes from the History of the Fifth Division, A.E.F.
Erected by U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center.
9.483′ W. Marker is near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. It is in Middlesex Township. Marker can be reached from Army Heritage Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Carlisle PA 17013, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. This is part of the Meet Pvt Kyler/ World War I Trench System Exhibit.
Photographed By Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012
2. Aid Station entrance
Photographed By Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012
3. Insert - Evacuating a casualty
Photographed By Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012
4. Insert - Bringing in a casualty
Credits. This page was last revised on December 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 5, 2017, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 221 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 5, 2017, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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