Royal Army Medical Corps training, 1911.

Date:
1911
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Credit: Royal Army Medical Corps training, 1911. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    (11) If the necessary means of purifying the wound are not at hand, do not attempt to wash it or wipe its surroundings ; simply apply a dry, antiseptic dressing. (12) All old dressings should be at once removed and destroyed, preferably by burning. 548. First field dresamg'.—A field dressing forms a component part of every British soldier's kit on active service, so as to be available, at all times and in all places, as a first di-essing for wounds. When officers and men go on active service the first field dressing will be placed in the pocket on the right side of the skirt of the frock (see Clothing Regulations), and thus the quantity of material req uired to be carried as medical stores is reduced. It should never be carried in the trouser-pocket or stitched in the helmet. The field dressing, pattern 1911, consists of an outer packet of sewn khaki cotton cloth, containing two small separate dressings, each complete in itself. Each single dressing consists of :—(1) A loose-woven bleached cotton bandage, 2^ yards long by 2j inches wide ; (2) a piece of bleached cotton gauze, 36 inches by 23 inches, weight not less than 260 grains, folded into a pad 4 inches by 3^ inches and stitched to the bandage 18 inches from one end ; (3) one safety-pin. The bandage and gauze pad are enclosed in waterproof jaconet, the edges'cemented with rubber solution so as to render the packet air-tight, having a portion of one of the corners turned back and not cemented. The pin is wrapped in waxed paper and attached out- side the jaconet. The gauze contains 1 per cent, by weight of sal alembroth and is tinted with aniUne blue. The gauze pad is folded once, so that the bandage lies outside the gauze. The short end of the bandage is folded in plaits ;. the long end is also folded in plaits for 18 inches from the pad and then loosely rolled for the remainder of its length. The rolled portion of the bandage is secured by a stitch to prevent unrolling. The contents are compressed so that the outer packet does not exceed 4j inches in length, 3^ inches in width, and | of an inch in thickness. Printed directions for use are upon the outside cover, and a printed label of directions for use is placed upon each of the two inside covers. Printed directions for outer cover:— War Office, Medical Division. First Field Dressing. r Outer cover.—Pull tapes apart. To open. \ Inner waterproof cover.—Tear apart the uncemented L corners as indicated by the arrow. Contents :—Tyfro dressings in waterpoof covers, each consisting of a gauze pad stitched to a bandage, and a safoty-pin.