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Difficulty: Medium Supervisors: Chief Medical Officer Rank: Not defined Duties: Heal severely injured marines, do surgery. Guides: Guide to Medicine , Surgery, Guide to Chemistry Unlock Requirements: Not available. Detailed Description: Not defined |__________| |
Role
Your job as a Sulaco Doctor is to heal what the Combat Medics can't. You will be responsible for:
- Treating major wounds and infections
- Operating on patients in need of major surgeries
- Concocting medicine as required
- Handling triage
You answer to the Chief Medical Officer, and should follow their instructions and advice at all times, unless the Commander says otherwise. You also work with the Researcher, they don't really do much, but don't bother them in case they're on the verge of a breakthrough!
Tools of the Trade
The Sulaco doctor is given a number of trusty tools to assist him or her in their duty, which is, being a doctor! These tools include:
- Four cryogenic cells
- A Chemistry laboratory
- Two operating theaters
- Four sleepers
- Two body scanners
- Defibrillators
- A ton of medical kits!
- Several IVs and a supply of blood bags
- A bunch of other supplies
I'm a doctor! Now what?
At the beginning of each round, you will have 20-30 minutes to prepare the Medbay before injured marines start showing up. During this time, it is important to set up certain systems that you will need to deliver an efficient and effective medical experience.
Preventing Overwork and Long Wait Times:
Here are some common tasks that can help improve the effectiveness of your medical environment.
- Go to the cryogenic freezer and turn it on.
The freezer cools the cryogenic cells, which is required for them to function effectively.You are able to customize the power and target temperature for the cryogenic cells, but the default configuration is the most efficient. As an additional improvement, you can fill the cryogenic cells with enhanced beakers.
- Create Peridaxon pills.
Peridaxon is an important drug used to cure internal organ injuries (damaged heart, lungs, liver, eyes, and brain). If the body scanner indicates that these target internal areas are damaged, a pill of Peridaxon will quickly cure the damage. Typical dosages should be in the 5u to 6u range.
Keep in mind that if the patient has robotic organs (i.e. a robotic heart), Peridaxon will have no effect and you will need to perform internal organ surgery.
- Set up the IV drips.
IV drips are used to provide patients with blood. To use them, take a blood pack (or a beaker, if you want to inject chemicals) and use it on the IV drip to load it. After loading the IV drip, pull it to be adjacent to your patient and click-and-drag the IV drip to your patient's body. You should get a message that the IV drip was attached. MAKE SURE THAT THE BLOOD IS COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR PATIENT. If you are a lazy heathen, use blood (all blood types can take O- blood)
Always unattached the IV drip when you move the patient away. Patients will take minor brute damage if you pull them away while they are still attached.
- Produce supplies for Squad Medics.
Squad medics have access to the medical communications channel through a medical key available in their lockers. They may request that you provide them with certain chemicals as a part of their preparation routine. Usual requests from medics may be: Bicardine, peridaxon, tricordrazine, and other medications. Always provide these medications in pill form, and in a labeled pill bottle.
Surgery:
As the round progresses, your main role will be to administer aid to the individuals that visit the Medbay. Since Squad Medics can patch up and resolve minor injuries, marines will typically only visit the Medbay if they have a severe internal injury that requires surgery. Because surgery is a time-consuming process with many separate steps, it is important to be educated on how to conduct surgery.
For a step-by-step surgery guide, please refer to the guide to Surgery.
General Guidance
Nobody likes to wait in the Medbay while they are injured and unconscious. As a doctor, you need to organize your activities and manage your workflow efficiently in order to process patients quickly and reduce the time that everyone has to wait. This can become especially important if you are the only doctor actively conducting surgery.
Your actions will have a large impact upon whether or not the marines will be victorious, because your ability to do surgery influences the number of active marines currently engaged in combating the alien menace. Do your job well.
Efficiency Tips or "How to Save Seconds on Every Procedure":
- Use Peridaxon pills to cure internal organ injuries instead of surgery (unless they have mechanical organs).
- Before conducting surgery, always print a body scan of the patient and have it readily available.
- If the patient has low blood levels and also requires surgery, give them the IV drip while they are on the surgery table.
- Print mechanical limbs early on in the surgery procedure so they are ready immediately when you need them.
- Ask your patient to remove their backpack/mask. This is much faster than taking off their items manually.
- Wash your hands right after you set your patient's internals. It take a second for your patient to fall asleep, so you can take this time to wash your hands for the surgery.
- The hemostat step after an incision is OPTIONAL. If you need to speed through surgeries at top speed, you can skip "Clamping bleeders" for your patient after you apply the scalpel. Keep in mind that this will cause them to bleed during the surgery.
- For a single patient, conduct all required surgeries at once. This reduces the number of times you need to pick up surgery tools.