Medical and Biotech Gear

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Basic Set

Antibiotic (TL6). Prevents or cures (in 1d days) infections. $20.

Antitoxin Kit (TL6). Antidote for specific poison. 10 uses. $25, 0.5 lb.

Bandages (var.). Bandages for a half-dozen wounds. Might be clean cloth, adhesive dressings, or spray-on "plastiskin," depending on TL. Basic equipment for First Aid skill. $10, 2 lbs.

Crash Kit (var.). A complete kit for treating serious injuries. Includes sterile bandages, sutures, and drugs appropriate for the TL. At TL6+, includes IV drip, needle, and plasma. +2 to First Aid skill, and counts as improvised gear (-5) for Surgery. $200, 10 lbs.

First Aid Kit (var.). A complete kit for treating wounds, with bandages, ointments, etc. +1 to First Aid skill. $50, 2 lbs.

Surgical Instruments (var.). Includes scalpels, forceps, etc. Basic equipment for Surgery skill. $300, 15 lbs.

High-Tech

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Bio-Tech

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Ultra-Tech

Medical Gear

Automed (TL9)

This is a coffin-sized trauma pod. A single patient enters it, and the lid is shut. The pod can treat the patient on its own, or be controlled remotely.

The automed is equipped with robot arms, surgical tools, and diagnostic sensors. Its dedicated computer can treat its patient with Diagnosis-12, Electronics Operation (Medical)-12, First Aid-13, Physician-11, and Surgery-13 (all increasing at +2 per TL after introduction). It has no imagination, so new diseases or strange problems may stump it – in which case it does its best to sustain the patient and call for help.

An automed may also be used to diagnose or treat patients by manual or remote control. Used this way, it can function as a crash kit (above), as diagnostic probes (below), and as a portable surgery; however, do not add their equipment modifiers when the automed uses its own skills. It's common for automeds to be teleoperated by AIs rather than living doctors.

An automed can sustain patients on life support, as a transport ESU. It has 100 uses of bandage spray (below) and an internal pharmacy with room for 200 doses of drugs. The drugs are chosen and stocked by the automed's owners, and can be dispensed as needed. There is also a medium-range radio (p. 44) connected to the medical sensors, an internal camera, and a speaker. $100,000, 250 lbs., E/200 hr. LC4.

First Aid Kit (TL9)

• See First Aid Kit.

Diagnostic Bed (TL9)

An examination table equipped with a full range of biological and medical scanners, including a CAT scan, a PET scan, T-rays, ultrasound, and X-rays. The patient lies on the table and scan results are projected onto an overhead screen.

Diagnostic Bed (TL9): Provides a +3 (quality) bonus to Diagnosis skill for most medical conditions, save those requiring detailed and non-invasive brain imaging (see HyMRI). If the imaging results from a diagnostic bed is combined with diagnostic probes (below) or laboratory tests, the total bonus to skill is +TL/2. $25,000, 250 lbs., E/100 hr. LC4.

Diagnostic Web (TL11): This system always adds +TL/2 to skill. It extends a web of molecular sensors that painlessly penetrate the subject's body, performing lab testing without diagnostic probes (below). $30,000, 150 lbs., E/100 hr. LC4.

Medical Robots

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Psychiatric Equipment

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Biotech Equipment

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Drugs and Nano

See Drugs and Nano.