Holder Victoria L
AORN J. 2004 Oct;80(4):652-60, 663-5. doi: 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61319-7.
By the beginning of World War I, modern innovations and advances in the field of medicine were common. Physicians knew about bacteria, how disease spread, and the importance of antisepsis. To prepare for the war, Great Britain developed elite corps of army nurses, fully-equipped military hospitals, and trained personnel who established field hospitals and base hospitals. Alice Fitzgerald, a nurse from Baltimore, was drawn into the conflict when she was asked to serve as the Edith Cavell Memorial Nurse with the British Army.
到第一次世界大战开始时，医学领域的现代创新和进步已很常见。医生们了解细菌、疾病传播方式以及防腐的重要性。为了备战，英国组建了精锐的陆军护士队伍、装备齐全的军事医院，并培训了人员来设立野战医院和后方医院。来自巴尔的摩的护士艾丽斯·菲茨杰拉德，在被要求作为伊迪丝·卡维尔纪念护士为英国军队服务时，卷入了这场冲突。
