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Squad Medic	Difficulty: Hard Supervisors: Squad Leader Rank: Not defined Duties: Keep Marines in fighting condition, or as close as you can get them. Medevac those who need to be sent back to Medbay for treatment. Guides: Guide to Medicine Unlock Requirements: Not available. Detailed Description: |__________| Not defined |__________|

"If you insist. After my student years, despite the fact that I had become secretly addicted to morphine, I was considered to be most promising. A man with a future. Then during my first residency I did a thirty-six hour stretch on an ER. So I went out and I got more than a little drunk. Then I got called back. Boiler had blown on a fuel plant and there were thirty casualties. And eleven of them died. Not as a result of the accident but because I prescribed the wrong dosage of painkiller. And I got seven years in prison and my licence reduced to a 3C.

At least I got off the morphine." - Clemens, Alien³

As the Squad Medic, you are your squad's main source of first aid and battlefield triage. While Marines usually try to keep themselves out of harm's way, your actions will often decide who lives and dies that day. Wherever it is administering first aid, popping painkillers for a wounded comrade, performing a medevac, or even bringing someone back from the brink of death, you will often be the lifeline of your squad. Without you on your squad's side, only pain and death await.

As a Squad Medic, you will be placed under a lot of stress. Your entire squad, and often even the entire Marine force, will rely on you to stay in fighting condition and perform medical procedures correctly and rapidly. You will probably mess up your first few deployments, patients will die in your hands, casualties will overwhelm you, supplies will get misplaced or dropped, and hostiles will get the jump on you and eliminate you, but practice makes perfect. If needed, consult this guide again or adminhelp if any doubts arise, and remember that all Squad Medics started here.

Remember to check out the Guide to Medicine for a more in-depth look on how the medicine you're administering actually works, and in case you're stumped by a casualty.

Duties of the Squad Medic

As the Squad Medic, you are probably the one person that will be making sure people stay alive and healthy. Since Doctors will be taking care of advanced medical procedures like surgery and advanced treatments, you will be on the field, taking care of wounds and casualties as they come in, sometimes quite literally. The patients that are evaced to shipside Medbay should be stabilized. By you.

Anything from Marines with minor wounds and pain, to dead people in need of emergency defibrillation will be directed to you, ideally, or more likely you will be summoned to them. While you might hope that wounds will be coming in steadily, with easily identifiable and isolated cases, odds are that battle will yield far more messy cases, requiring rapid and efficient analysis and treatment.

As such, you will need to learn to equip yourself properly for the mission, prepare your triage during pre-deployment and upon landing, triage wounds and casualties as they arrive or occur, and know when to send back to the fight, medevac, or simply give up on someone.

Squad Medic Yeet

Basic Weapon List:

File:Bottomtext.png a fanny pack with a red Cross File:Bottomtext.png File:Toptext.png stuff you can put in bag?: File:Toptext.png A fanny pack with three rows of space to put various goodies in smuggling: just hold something in your hand and click on the fanny pack Attachments: The attachments for this bag aren't actually things File:Placeholder.png pill bottle: Single Projectile. Apply to mouth. Low to high amount of healing upon penetration. File:An auto injectors .png medicine stick: Single Projectile. Armor piercing. Really fast to stick into someone. Can only use once. Some special meds only come in injector form For a list of all available storable stuff for this bag head to your brain M44 Combat Revolver High Supply Ammunition: Deals significantly more damage per round than the M4A3 at the cost of ammo capacity and recoil. It uses .44 rounds, usually held in speed loaders, and holds a maximum of 7 bullets. You can duel wield them but your accuracy will be heavily decreased. Reloading: Click the revolver with an empty hand to open the revolving cylinder, vend a fresh speed loader, click the revolver with the speed loader in your active hand, click the revolver again with an empty hand to close the revolving cylinder. Attachments: The attachments for this weapon can be viewed here. M44 Speed Loader: Single Projectile. Average damage. Use on low armored targets for maximum effect. M44 Marksman Speed Loader: Single Projectile. Armor piercing. Less damage. Use on highly armored targets for maximum effect. For a list of all available ammo types for this weapon head here. M39 Submachine Gun High Supply Ammunition: Allows you to have high mobility but lacks raw power and armor penetration. Good for chasing down fleeing enemies. You can duel wield them but your accuracy will be heavily decreased. The M39 uses 10x20mm SMG rounds, and holds 48 bullets with an optional 4-round burst fire mode. Reloading: If you have just vended the M39 Submachine gun, swap to your empty hand and vend a fresh magazine. Once vended pick it up and then click on the gun with the magazine. After the magazine has either been auto-ejected or you have manually ejected it, swap to your other hand and take out a fresh magazine from your ammo belt and click on the M39 Submachine Gun to load the magazine in. Attachments: The attachments for this weapon can be viewed here. M39 Magazine: Single Projectile. Average damage. Use on low armored targets for maximum effect. M39 Armour Piercing Magazine: Single Projectile. Armor piercing. Less damage. Use on highly armored targets for maximum effect. For a list of all available ammo types for this weapon head here. M41A Mk2 Pulse Rifle High Supply Ammunition: A reliable, robust and overall effective standard issue weapon, comes with a 3-round burstfire capability as well as a standard-issue UGL which starts unloaded, but can be loaded and reloaded with HEDP grenades (ask RO for grenades). Reloading: If you have just vended the M41A Mk2 Pulse Rifle, swap to your empty hand and vend a fresh magazine. Once vended pick it up and then click on the gun with the magazine. After the magazine has either been auto-ejected or you have manually ejected it, swap to your other hand and take out a fresh magazine from your ammo belt and click on the M41A Mk2 Pulse Rifle to load the magazine in. Attachments: The attachments for this weapon can be viewed here. M41A Magazine: Single Projectile. Average damage. Use on low armored targets for maximum effect. M41A Armour Piercing Magazine: Single Projectile. Armor piercing. Less damage. Use on highly armored targets for maximum effect. For a list of all available ammo types for this weapon head here. M37A2 Shotgun High Supply Ammunition: This weapon is powerful in close quarters combat and is capable of killing even the strongest of hostile targets. Due to its sheer power, the M37A2 is capable of stunning even the mighty Xenomorph when fired from close range, though users should still keep in mind that the M37A2 must be pumped after every shot. You can duel wield them but your accuracy will be heavily decreased. Reloading: Hold the shotgun shell box with one hand, then swap to your other hand and click the shell box to take out a handful of shells. Drop the shell box and pick up your shotgun and load it with the shells one by one (M37 can hold eight shells plus one in the chamber). Pump the shotgun with Unique Action Button , you need to pump it after each firing. Using Macros to bind a hotkey for it is a must to use shotgun effectively. Attachments: The attachments for this weapon can be viewed here. Slug shells: Single Slug Projectile. Effective in ranged combat. Armor Piercing. Less damage. High knockback chance from range. Buckshot shells: Fires multiple small projectiles. Powerful in close range. Massive damage, with a rapid damage fall-off at range. Fires in a 15-degree radius. If you're looking to use the most effective ammo variant as deemed by the community, see the latest replies to this thread: Buckshot vs Slug: The final debate. For a list of all available ammo types for this weapon head here. M240 Incinerator Unit High Supply Ammunition: The incinerator is good at incinerating hostiles and clearing unwanted vegetation with a moderate range of 5 tiles. Squad Leaders may hand out the two incinerators that are in their vendor (with 8 fuel tanks in total). Welder fuel is weaker than the original thick sticky napthal fuel that the incinerators start with. More incinerators can be ordered from requisitions. Reloading: Incinerator Units can only be refuelled once a tank is completely out of fuel. Once emptied, pull out the Incinerator Tankby either unloading the weapon or clicking the incinerator unit with an empty hand, then clicking on a fuel tank, welder pack or welding tank with the tank in your hand. Once refuelled just click on the incinerator unit with the fresh tank. Attachments: The attachments for this weapon can be viewed here. Incinerator Tank: Ultra-Thick Nepathal fuel that can stick to anyone. Effective in Area Denial situations. Has a chance of burning anyone on contact with the flames on each tic.

Squad Medic Tactics

As the Squad Medic, your main goal during an operation is to stick with your squad and intervene should anyone get wounded. What sounds simple in theory can quickly become complicated as situations develop. Your squad might be assigned to a static FOB defense, told to scout, or it might even be sent straight into battle. You might be pushing ahead in enemy territory, holding a defensive line steadfast, or you might suddenly find your teammates routing.

In all cases, you will always want to operate in the back line, rather than dance around your squad mates as they unload into the enemy. While casualties will probably be happening in the frontlines, your teammates should hopefully use any lull in the fighting to bring them back for healing, or assuming that they can still stand and walk, they will be bringing themselves back.

Depending on how mobile the fighting is, you might have the opportunity to settle down and create a small medevac zone for frontline combatants. In the best of cases, this area will also be barricaded and defended adequately, and in extreme cases you might even have medical gear and vendors on-site. This is the rather ideal scenario of a FOB Medic. Should you be in this situation, take advantage of it to heal safely and efficiently, and hope the battle keeps progressing the right way.

However, more often than not your squad will insist on pushing forwards, or more worryingly, backwards, sometimes at a moment's notice. As such, it is important that you find a secure area to practice your medicine. Also, remember that all the healing in the world means nothing if the patient doesn't make it out. Being a Doctor for a mobile front will try your patience, and more often than not combatants that are wounded to the point where they can't stand will need to be hurried back to the nearest FOB, after some first aid.

If you find yourself lost, or within the presence of another squad, don't hesitate to stick with them and help out. Assuming that they still have their own Squad Medics, you will probably want to find and assist your squad again, but don't put yourself in extreme danger trying to run back to your squad alone.

As a Squad Medic, you can fight, although it is frankly not desirable for you to head to the frontlines. There are probably many more Privates eager to take your spot and unload their modded rifles at the enemy, while you could be treating people. However, if you are attacked in the backline, don't hesitate to pull your gun and answer on the spot. More often than not, you will be killed if no-one else can assist immediately and you don't react in time.

Common Field Triage Procedure

Triage is the last and most important topic for a Squad Medic to master. You might have the gear, you might be deployed with your squad, and you might have managed to extract a casualty to a safe location to begin treatment, but if you stand helpless in front of it and fail to execute proper procedure, that will all have been for nothing.

The actual triage procedure is long and thorough, but it can easily be compressed as cases are ruled out. The only cases that can be thrown out of the spot are deceased, unrevivable teammates. They are gone, that is all.

In an emergency, you may medevac anyone who is too wounded to receive treatment, especially if other casualties are piling up. Stasis bags can also be used to delay treatment on serious wounds.

Dead patients that can still be defibrillated are an urgent case. From the last point of death, you only have a few minutes before they permanently pass away. If you were brought such a patient, he may have died a mere dozen seconds ago, or a few precious minutes might have already been spent recovering him, as such, it's critical to be rapid and minimize the time before first shock, at least to renew the patient's death timer before it is too late.

Triage procedure usually goes as follow:

• If the patient is currently stationed in or very close to a hazard, such as active fighting, a fire, a pool of acid, danger close to artillery or CAS strike, or some other form of imminent and obvious danger, immediately interrupt treatment until danger has passed or patient has been moved to a safe location.

• Identify the teammate in distress, probably via their health readout on HUD being at yellow or lower, or them actively calling out for you. Use the health analyzer to identify what is wrong with them.

• If the patient is deceased but can still be defibrillated (thunder icon on HUD, instead of skull), apply defibrillation procedure below. If patient is permanently deceased (skull icon on medical HUD), ignore, signify that the patient is a goner if other Marines insist. They may not know their comrade is unrevivable.

• • Drag the patient to a safe spot, apply health analyzer and evaluate situation. If the patient is under 200 combined brute, burn and toxin damage, he will probably be revived on the first or second shock. Otherwise, he will need special treatment.

• • Take out your defibrillator and take out the pads. Remove any suit on the patient. If patient is under 200 damage, immediately apply pads, repeat at least three times, or until the patient is revived, then go back to normal triage procedures.

• • If a patient is over 200 damage, rapidly pull out advanced kits and try to apply as many as possible to lower damage amounts. Once done, apply defibrillator up until damage is under 200, plus one application for safety.

• Check for any medicines that have already been administered to the patient, notably Tramadol and Tricordazine. Do not give a new dose until they run out to prevent overdoses. Overdoses are usually always extremely damaging or even lethal.

• If the patient is in critical health, and especially near death, immediately administer a shot of Dexalin Plus, or a Dexalin pill, preferably both. Then, administer an Inaprovaline pill to stabilize the patient as much as possible (do not administer Inaprovaline if the patient has significant toxin damage)

• If the patient has internal bleeding, or ridiculous amounts of general bleeding (not bloodloss alone), administer a shot of Quick Clot. This will need to be renewed in a few minutes. Patient will need to medevac in the event of internal bleeding, especially if blood levels are already getting low.

• If the patient is suffering from major blood loss symptoms (heavy oxygen and toxin damage), administer Dexalin and Dylovene. If the patient is not actually missing blood on the health scanner readout, it is almost certainly internal organ damage, administer Peridaxon. Peridaxon doses need to be renewed every few minutes to prevent further internal organ damage. Patient will need to medevac in the event of heavy internal organ damage, especially if patient is suffering from severe symptoms.

• If the patient has bleeding limbs, patch them as rapidly as possible using advanced trauma kits.

• If the patient has massive amounts of brute and burn damage, locate limbs with particularly heavy damage on your health scan and patch them up using the appropriate advanced medical kit. Additionally, administer Bicaridine for Brute damage, and Kelotane or Dermaline for Burn damage. If available, Tricordazine can be administered for both types of damage.

• If the patient is suffering from major toxin damage, check for chemical OD. Then, administer Dylovene. Additionally, administer Peridaxon, as this kind of damage is usually due to, or causes, damage to the liver and kidneys. Toxin damage is slow to heal.

• If the patient has minor to medium brute or burn damage, administer kits to any untreated limb, plus one pill matching the damage type.

• If the scanner reveals fractures with an identifiable location, or a fracture is indicated while one limb very clearly centralizes most or all of the brute damage on the body, apply a splint to the location. Additionally, patient may indicate correct limb if conscious. Patient may need to medevac in the event of a bone fracture, splints will easily be torn and broken in any additional fighting, limiting combat effectiveness.

• If the patient is unconscious, unable to get up, stutters or complains of pain, and his health is not below critical, administer a pill of Tramadol, or a shot of Oxycodone. Both may be administered without causing issues.

• If the patient is missing a limb, account in diagnosis. Patient will need to medevac in the event of a missing limb. A combat ready Marine needs two arms, two hands, two legs and two feet.

• If the patient has small amount of oxygen damage, check blood levels. If blood levels are near full, administer Dexalin or Peridaxon. This is probably minor heart damage. This should not require a medevac

• If patient is showing an infection, administer Spaceacillin.

Squad Medic Tips and Tricks

• Nobody is perfect. You don't have to perform at peak efficiency. Go at your own pace and have fun. Being a Squad Medic should never feel like a chore you're obligated to do. Depending on your mood, it can be a challenge, or an assistance to your team, but never let other people drag you down for failing a difficult rescue or getting overwhelmed when triaging

• Remember that you can restock your autoinjectors, so don't just throw them away. Put them back into your belt instead, they can be refilled at the vendors - just drag and drop them onto it, then vend them again.

• If you can't remember on the fly which pill bottle is which, SHIFT+Click to examine them, even while they are in containers.

• If you feel like your life is at risk, or you need to medevac and the way back to the FOB is not secure, ask a fellow squad member or two to protect you. More often than not, they will agree.

• Macros can help make your life easier. Give and pull roller-bed can help speed up handing out medicine and making it easier to snag a wounded marine then running for your life.

• Stacking different medicines with the same effect is critical to rapidly heal squad mates. Bicaridine stacks with Tricordazine. Kelotane stacks with Tricordazine and Dermaline.

• Mixing Dylovene and Inaprovaline generates Tricordazine. Be careful when healing critical patients with toxin damage. Do note however that this reaction can be caused on purpose to create and apply Tricordazine with one pill of each, just be careful not to overdose your patient. Practice makes perfect.

• If you find a Marine with relatively minor damage coming to get your help, avoid administering pills. Instead, patch their wounds with kits. If they insist, give them a Tramadol pill to suck on while they heal up.

• When in doubt, Tramadol always works. Don't hesitate to hand those out, even a bit of burn damage can cause a person to be near pain crit.

• If a Marine dies after a successful defibrillation attempt, their death timer will be fully reset. Use this time to fix them up further and prepare another shock, or to move them for medevac.

• Do not underestimate the damage infections can cause. Always tend to wounds if you can.

Med-Evacs

To accomplish a successful med-evac of an injured marine you'll need the med-evac stretcher and a willing Pilot Officer, after you have found both of these you can start with the below steps:

Note that a marine cannot be med-evaced from in places where ceilings are metal or underground, it has to either be outside or in places where there are glass ceilings. (Examine the tile to look at the ceilings)

• Deploy the medical stretcher () and strap in the injured marine.
• Right click the stretcher and select "Activate Medevac" then wait.
• Inform the Pilot over either the medical radio or your squad radio that the medevac is ready to go.
• If everything is successful the pilot will have winched up the injured marine and you can go back to treating more wounded.

Squad Medic Skillset

To find out about how the skill system works head over to the skills system page.

Sources and Reading

• Miserable Medic's Sharing Tips (A great reading tips from veteran CM players!)

• Medic Loadout sharing thread (Good to see other players loadouts to see what you might change about yours.)

• Defibrillator Guide!

• Guide to Medicine (Highly recommended you have this open if you struggle with remembering which pills and autoinjectors do what)