Chirurgery

Attributes: .................Intellect & Dexterity

Level: .........................DF: 4 BCS 30%; 600 Exp

[TR] This is a group of three sub skills, that give specialities in the survival and recovery of a patient through differing medical practices.

1. Chirurgery: The extraction of arrowheads, amputations, setting broken bones, pulling teeth, Stitching wounds, treating shock etc. These treatment can take between 5 to 60 minutes depending upon the trauma and the skill of the chirurgeon.

2. Cauterising & Staunching Wounds: Stopping uncontrollable bleeding from grievous wounds, when a character has been reduced to negative body values. First aid in such cases will slow but not stop such a blood flow. To stop it completely requires ether cauterisation or staunching or even both. Cauterising is the searing of the wound with a heated metal implement or flame. This is always effective and will stop the bleeding. However the method suffers a failure with a crit die of 01-04 bringing with it shock to the patient and an addition 3 Body points of damage. Otherwise the effects are as given in the results table below.

3. Setting Broken Bones: The character has experience and training in the setting of broken bones by immobilization so that they mend correctly.