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:* Use your PDA or a Health Analyzer on the patient to identify the damage type.
:* Use your PDA or a Health Analyzer on the patient to identify the damage type.
:* Proceed with the necessary treatment found in the next chapter.




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:* If Inaprovaline is not present, immediately perform CPR at least a few times to ensure the patient stays alive until you do the following step.
:* If Inaprovaline is not present, immediately perform CPR at least a few times to ensure the patient stays alive until you do the following step.
::'''NOTE: CPR on it's own will not heal someone unless they are only suffering from suffocation damage. If they are in crit BECAUSE of burn/brute/toxins it will only keep them from dying. Remember to drag someone to the Medbay whilst administering CPR instead of sucking their face in the hallway for ten minutes like an idiot.'''
::'''NOTE: CPR on it's own will not heal someone unless they are only suffering from suffocation damage. If they are in crit BECAUSE of burn/brute/toxins it will only keep them from dying. Remember to drag someone to the Medbay whilst administering CPR instead of sucking their face in the hallway for ten minutes like an idiot.'''
:* Put the patient into a [[Medical_items#Cryogenics_Chamber_.26_Freezer|cryochamber]], or (if you are a robust enough doctor) quickly identify the damage type and apply the needed treatment, this is a much faster method but can result in death if you fumble around for too long.
:* Now you have two options:
:# Strip the patient's space suit off if they have one and put the patient into a [[Medical_items#Cryogenics_Chamber_.26_Freezer|cryochamber]], wait for them to heal up and eject.
:# Or (if you are a robust enough doctor) quickly identify the damage type and apply the needed treatment (found in next chapter), this is a much faster method but has its risks.




==Treatment==


===[[File:O2med.png]] Suffocation===
===[[File:O2med.png]] Suffocation===
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==Rarer Cases==
==Rarer Cases==
These situations are not as common as normal damages, but they are still VERY LIKELY to happen. AND most of these cases are also more severe, and it is essential to be fucking fast! <br>'''So read up, these are the things that will separate quacks from real doctors!'''
These situations are not as common as normal damages, but they are still VERY LIKELY to happen. AND most of these cases are also more severe, and it is essential to be fucking fast and know this stuff! <br>'''So read up, these are the things that will separate quacks from real doctors!'''




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