12-16-2014, 02:02 PM
Amuys Wrote:Ali0en Wrote:Speaking as a real medic, you don't want people to puke when poisons have been ingested. Please don't reply that charcoal makes you puke to have it work, it doesn't actually do that.Well, from my EMT training, charcoal just kind of clumps in your stomach and prevents further poisons from entering your bloodstream. Charcoal kind of exists as a magical anti-toxin that's good against everything right now, but I kinda want it stay that way because unlike in popular media, there isn't an antitoxin to everything, and some of the stuff is either extremely specific to certain poisons and/or is a poison itself.
My pet peeve about the medical system is adrenaline is a universal cardio drug. That's wrong and stupid, and where is my adrenaline.
Well if you wanted to make things more complicated, Medbay could have a toxicology department (QUICK TAKE HIS BLOOD THEN THROW HIM IN THE SLEEPER SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT POISONED HIM WITHOUT HIM DYING RIGHT AWAY). But I'm assuming you don't want things to be more complicated.
As for holotools, I don't really see a point in replacing the scalpel and bone saws, unless it's like an upgrade the roboticists can make for convenience. Basically a medical swiss army knife you can throw in a pocket or medkit. I do think giving roboticists more cool gear the rest of the department can use when available would be neat. Bring back research for upgrades, it didn't take that long since you basically click a few buttons and go back to making buttbots, and roboticists could get some cool stuff out of it.