Medic! First Aid in Combat, From WW1 Trenches to Operation Iraqi Freedom

Published: Nov. 12, 2019, 7:30 a.m.

Up until the recent past, if a soldier was wounded in battle, he remained in the field where he had fallen without hope of rescue. Maybe a comrade would drag him to safety, but more likely he would remain there for days, hoping for aid (or, barring...