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→Identification: Epinephrine described inaccurately, mention to put people out of fire (this shouldn't be necessary, but it is)
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:* The first thing you should do is administer [[Epinephrine]]. Epinephrine stops the general decline of the critical patient's health, | :* The first thing you should do is administer [[Epinephrine]]. Epinephrine stops the general decline of the critical patient's health, and helps treat wounds if the patient is in low to severe critical (but not if they're almost dead). Don't give them more than 30 units of it, as that will cause toxin damage. | ||
:* If Epinephrine is not present, immediately perform CPR at least a few times to ensure the patient stays alive until you do the following step. | :* If Epinephrine is not present, immediately perform CPR at least a few times to ensure the patient stays alive until you do the following step. Make sure they're also not suffering from any other major problems, like being on fire, or in a low pressure environment. | ||
::'''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.''' | ||
:* Now you have two options: | :* Now you have two options: | ||