Civil Defense First Aid Post Title

WWII First Aid Post Civil Defence title. Embroidered on black wool.

First Aid Posts
Volunteers within the ARP medical service were trained by a first aid organisation such as the St. John Ambulance (St. Andrew’s Ambulance Assoc. in Scotland), the British Red Cross Society (BRCS) and similar bodies such as the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS).
In urban areas, FIRST AID POSTS were set up in small hospitals, health centres and clinics. They were staffed by at least one doctor and first aiders. They dealt with minor injuries and minor gas casualties, close to where they were injured. Casualties would then be released to go home or sent to a local hospital.

First Aid Posts were segregated and equipped to deal with three main types of casualties: people contaminated with gas but otherwise unharmed; the wounded and/or gassed but not contaminated; and the wounded and/or gassed and contaminated. The severely wounded and those suffering lung problems from gas were sent directly to a local hospital.

Code: 58071