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who will receive the same training as the doctors of the
Curative Units.
Both Nursing and Curative Units are to serve as
supplementary staff to arty field and base hospitals.
Training of Nursing and Curative Units will begin
in August. Six Red Cross units of each type will be sent back
from the field and go through a very brief course of training
principally for the purpose of standardizing organization and
working procedures. It must be noted that the Red Cross unita
when organized last December were sent to work without any
training and with only the briefest of verbal and written
instructions.
(4) Preventive Units (chiefly for sanitary and preventive
work, with training in first-aid, medical - especially
infectious diseases, and nursing practice).
The Preventive Unit is to carry out epidemic prevention
work along the lines of communication among communities
arising out of the war, e.g. highway and railway builders,
and industry workers, refugees, as well as soldiers. A
total of 170 men and women doctors, nurses, and dressers,
and 20 army doctors completed this type of training during
the month of June. The second class of 80 is now undergoing
similar training.
The course for each group lasts four weeks. Emphasis
is laid on the practical aspects of field work. Lectures are
limited to two hours a day and theoretical discussions are
avoided whenever possible, Teaching is mainly in the form of
demonstrations and drill in field procedures, which have been
developed on the basia of simplicity, economy, and practicability
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