Existing comment:
Special ambulances were outfitted to transport mustard gas casualties, so as to protect medics and drivers while removing soldiers to the nearest aid station. A single man with mustard gas on his uniform could contaminate an entire ambulance.
Ambulances were forbidden to speed; while casualties were to be transported as rapidly as possible, their arrival condition was severely compromised if their transport was hurried or if they did not receive adequate stabilization to prepare them for an ambulance journey. This was particularly true of patients intoxicated by phosgene. |