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First Aid

General

Type

Crafting

Modifies

Perform medical actions faster
Bandages and poultices last longer

First aid is a crafting skill.

Overview

First aid is a crafting skill used to treat the player's injuries. As the skill level increases, the player will perform medical interactions faster, make bandages and poultices last longer, make splints more effective and heal fractures faster and evaluate the severity of wounds and infections. Contrary to popular belief, first aid does not make wounds such as scratches or lacerations heal faster. Experience is gained by players treating themselves or other players.

Skill effects

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First aid experience is gained by performing medical actions on either the player themselves or on other players.

Level	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Bandage life multiplier	100%	115%	130%	145%	160%	175%	190%	205%	220%	235%	250%
Fracture healing speed multiplier	50%	100%	150%	200%	250%	300%	350%	400%	450%	500%	550%
Fracture combat/run speed modifier	0.25	0.30	0.35	0.40	0.45	0.50	0.55	0.60	0.65	0.70	0.75

Usage

Treatment is carried out by right-clicking on the body in the health status window, or right-clicking the health status text if injuries are present. Treatment requires materials, even basic ones such as Ripped Sheets and/or bourbon. Injuries are indicated by bleeding and/or injured moodles. First Aid will not reduce or change the chance of zombification from a zombie scratch or bite.

Occupations & traits

Occupations

Name	Points	Notes
Doctor	+3 First Aid +1 Short Blade	N/A
Nurse	+2 First Aid +1 Lightfooted	N/A

Traits

Name	Points	Notes
First Aider	+1 First Aid	Both can be taken with either occupation
Former Scout	+1 First Aid +1 Foraging	Both can be taken with either occupation

First Aid flow

First, identify the type of wound and its location.

• For a scratch or laceration, apply a bandage, so the wound will start to heal faster. Wounds do not heal when untreated, so it's better to have any bandage applied as soon as possible. Therefore, it isn't recommended to change bandages even if they get dirty. Dirty bandages don't affect healing rates, but in between times of wound not having any bandages applied does.
• For deeper injuries, first remove any foreign object (bullet, glass). It is recommended (and necessary in the case of a bullet) to use tweezers or suture needle holder for removal, you can use your hands, but it will give additional pain, then stitch up the wound using a needle and thread or suture needle. Bandaging is recommended as it halves recovery time.
• For fractures, apply a splint if possible (note: head and torso fractures cannot be splinted), then bandage. Fractures can take a very long time to heal. If possible, apply comfrey reducing recovery time of a fracture by 50%.
• When a character is caught on fire, you should immediately quench it. Otherwise, death is imminent, any source of water or fire extinguisher. Burns should be treated like laceration and scratches. Note that burns take much longer to heal than normal injuries.
• For a bite, similar to a scratch or laceration, bandage to stop the bleeding. However, the player will die 100% of the time after a bite from zombification, unless the option is turned off in the sandbox. If bites are survivable, they heal much longer than lacerations.
  • Open wounds, like scratches and lacerations can get infected. Contrary to popular believes, this does not affect their healing rates, but merely doubles pain gain of an untreated infected wound.

Once the immediate crisis is averted, all that remains is to monitor the patient's status. Scratches and lacerations that were inflicted by a zombie still have a chance (7% for scratch and 25% for laceration) to kill via zombification, so should be monitored for at least the incubation period (24 hours in vanilla) for diagnostic.

Items

Bandages

Bandages are used to treat injuries and will stop wounds from bleeding. Bandages will become dirty over time, but can be washed with clean water in the player's inventory. Getting bandaged by a doctor with high first aid skill will cause the bandages to last longer before becoming dirty. Sterilized bandages prevent the wound from getting infected and reduce the level of any current wound infection. Dirty bandages increases infection chance. It should be noted that each bandage has equal recovery rates, so the difference is only in their ability to prevent infections.

Icon	Name	Weight	Bandage Power
	Adhesive Bandages	0.05	1.5
	Bandage	0.1	4.0
	Sterilized Bandage	0.1	4.0
	Dirty Bandage	0.1	0.5
	Denim Strips	0.05	2.0
	Dirty Denim Strips	0.05	0.5
	Leather Strips	0.05	2.0
	Dirty Leather Strips	0.05	0.5
	Ripped Sheets	0.05	2.0
	Sterilized Rag	0.05	2.0
	Dirty Rag	0.05	0.5

Suture

Surgical suture (also known as stitches) or suture is a medical procedure used to hold together a wound after an injury or surgery. The usage involves using a suture needle with sterile lengths of thread to stitch the wound closed. The material of the suture thread varies, and are commonly absorbable by the body for full healing.

Name	Description	Weight
Suture Needle	Consumed when used, and the amount of pain when used is small.	0.1
Needle + Thread	Can be used instead of a Suture Needle with Thread, but pain is stronger than the Suture Needle when used.	0.1 + 0.1
Suture Needle Holder	An optional item that increases the speed and reduces the pain when it's in inventory during the procedure.	0.1

Disinfection

Wounds can be sterilized using Bottle of Disinfectant, Bourbon, Cotton Balls or Alcohol Wipes. This prevents injuries from getting infected.

Bandages can be disinfected with Bottle of Disinfectant, Bourbon or boiled water in a Cooking Pot or Saucepan.

Name	Disinfect Power	Weight
Bottle of Disinfectant	3	0.3
Bourbon	2	0.7
Cotton Balls Doused in Alcohol	4	0.1
Alcohol Wipes	4	0.3

Medicine

Medicine are types of pills with varying effects, from reducing fatigue to inducing sleep, while antibiotics help the player fight non-zombie sicknesses, allowing them to get better sooner.

Item	Description	Weight
Antibiotics	Reduces the strength wound infection	0.1
Antidepressants	Reduces the player's unhappiness	0.2
Beta Blockers	Reduces the player's panic	0.2
Painkillers	Reduces the player's pain	0.2
Sleeping Tablets	Increases the player's tiredness	0.2
Vitamins	Decreases the player's tiredness	0.2

Splint

Splints are used to help treat fractured limbs, which severely reduce player's capabilities.

In combination with level 4 First Aid, fractures heal 250% faster.

Being well fed adds a separate and additional 30% to the healing rate of Injuries.

Item	Description	Weight
Splint	A support used to help mend a fractured bone	1

Medicinal Plants

Main article: Medicinal plants

There are seven different types of medicinal plants, with each having a unique effect applying to the player's health once consumed. Plantain, comfrey, and wild garlic must first be crafted into a poultice using a mortar and pestle, whilst the others can be consumed raw.

Item	Description	Weight
Black Sage	Provides mild pain relief.	0.1
Comfrey	Aids recovery from broken bones when applied as a poultice.	0.1 / 0.2
Common Mallow	Eat to relieve cold and flu symptoms.	0.1
Ginseng	Eat to restore endurance.	0.1
Lemongrass	Eat to soothe bouts of food poisoning.	0.1
Plantain	Aids recovery from wounds when applied as a poultice.	0.1 / 0.2
Wild Garlic	Helps to fight against infection when applied as a poultice.	0.1 / 0.2

Misc

Tools either used to remove foreign objects in the body, such as shards of glass or bullets, or other uses.

Item	Description	Weight
Tweezers	Used to remove foreign objects in the body	0.1
Suture Needle Holder	Used to remove foreign objects in the body	0.1
Tissue	Used to mute cough and sneezes caused by a cold	0.1

Skill books

Skill books give an experience multiplier.

Item	Effect	Weight	Pages	Item ID
First Aid Vol. 1	3x experience for levels 1-2 in First Aid	0.8	220	Base.BookFirstAid1
First Aid Vol. 2	5x experience for levels 3-4 in First Aid	0.8	260	Base.BookFirstAid2
First Aid Vol. 3	8x experience for levels 5-6 in First Aid	0.8	300	Base.BookFirstAid3
First Aid Vol. 4	12x experience for levels 7-8 in First Aid	0.8	340	Base.BookFirstAid4
First Aid Vol. 5	16x experience for levels 9-10 in First Aid	0.8	380	Base.BookFirstAid5

Recipes

Main article: Health (crafting)

General

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Bandage	Dirty Bandage ×1 Water ×1 unit(s)	none	none	none	none
Ripped Sheets	Dirty Rag ×1 Water ×1 unit(s)	none	none	none	none
Leather Strips	Dirty Leather Strips ×1 Water ×1 unit(s)	none	none	none	none
Denim Strips	Dirty Denim Strips ×1 Water ×1 unit(s)	none	none	none	none
Sterilized Bandage	One of: Bottle of Disinfectant ×3 unit(s) Bourbon ×10 unit(s) Cooking Pot ×1 Saucepan ×1 Each of: Bandage ×1	none	none	none	none
Sterilized Rag	One of: Bottle of Disinfectant ×3 unit(s) Bourbon ×10 unit(s) Cooking Pot ×1 Saucepan ×1 Each of: Ripped Sheets ×1	none	none	none	none
Splint	One of: Plank ×1 Tree Branch ×1 Sturdy Stick ×1 One of: Ripped Sheets ×1 Dirty Rag ×1	none	none	none	none
Cotton Balls Doused in Alcohol	One of: Bottle of Disinfectant ×1 unit(s) Bourbon ×10 unit(s) Each of: Cotton Balls ×1	none	none	none	none

Poultices

Main article: Poultice

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Plantain Poultice	Plantain ×5	Mortar and Pestle	none	none	none
Comfrey Poultice	Comfrey ×5	Mortar and Pestle	none	none	none
Wild Garlic Poultice	Wild Garlic ×5	Mortar and Pestle	none	none	none

Trivia

• Similar to First Aid Kit, First Aid trait has its icon changed from a brown cross to green, after issues other games had with the depiction of the Red Cross. Old image: .

See also

• Sickness
• Cold