You've been around military medical environments enough to have picked up some basic knowledge about field medicine and emergency care. Maybe you grew up in a Marine Corps family where medical training was common, or you spent time around military medical facilities.
You know enough basic first aid and medical procedures to help in emergency situations. Whether through family connections or just being around military medical personnel, you've absorbed some knowledge about treating injuries and basic medical care.
Choose one of the following skill boons.
A compact but comprehensive medical kit designed for field operations. It starts with basic first aid supplies but can be upgraded to include advanced diagnostic tools and emergency medications.
A handheld device that can quickly scan a patient's vital signs and diagnose common injuries and illnesses. As you gain experience, it reveals more complex conditions and suggests optimal treatment protocols.
An emergency medical injector that can deliver life-saving medications and stabilizers. Initially provides basic pain relief and stimulants, but can be enhanced to include a variety of medical compounds.
Shuttle crash on a mining platform, nine casualties, one medkit, and you. You went to the quiet abdominal bleed instead of the screaming chest wound. The squad called you every name. Both survived. Triage isn't empathy, it's arithmetic performed on people under pressure.
The marine said it was a hangover. Except his pupils were uneven. You ordered the scan over his objections, found the subdural haematoma, and had him in surgery before the bleed expanded enough to kill him. He sent you a bottle of whisky from recovery. You sent it back.
The patient was coding; flatline on the monitor. Standard protocol said call time of death. You didn't. Four minutes of chest compressions and a heartbeat that wasn't there until suddenly, weakly, it was. The protocol says you should have moved on. You know what the protocol says.
The field kit was empty. You made a tourniquet from a belt, packed the wound with the cleanest fabric available, and synthesised a clotting accelerant from two medpacks that were individually useless but chemically complementary. Field medicine is violent creativity applied to biology.