Arentech Medikit

Produced by the Arentech Industries corporation, the Arentech Medikit was a first aid and care module that was usually stocked onboard vessels and sold on the open market. The Medikit had various uses in the field or prehospital setting, usually used in first aid situations.

RPG D6 Stats
Model: Arentech Industries FMK-011 Field Medical Kit

Type: Mobile Medkit

Scale: Character

Skill: First Aid or (A)Medicine

Range: n/a

Ammo: 10 charges

Cost: 700 credits

Availability: 2

Difficulty: N/A

Damage: n/a

Notes: A medkit functions as a medpac that can be used up to 10 times. The diagnostic instruments in the kit can also be used to diagnose diseases afflicting a patient, to assess health, and forother basic medical uses on an Easy first aid roll. The kit also allows a character with the medicine advanced skill to perform field surgery (which exhausts the kit’s medpacs). Capsule: A larger version of a medpac. These could often been used up to ten times before needing to be restocked with supplies. These compact packages were designed to provide a trained medic with the tools necessary for field care, yet also allow untrained users to provide emergency care. Medikits contained diagnostics instruments that could be used to detect both injuries and diseases. The scanner/computer unit was placed directly on the patient and automatically gave simple directions for care and treatment of injuries, unless the user keyed in a specific sequence to indicate their advanced medical training. The medical computer was not without limits however. Because of their simple design and focus on user-friendliness, the units were usually programmable for diagnosing one species at a time. Additionally, the kits usually included a spray hypo with several medical vials, a spray splint and bandage, a sonic scalpel, laser cauterizer, bone stabilizer compound, an emergency defibrillator, and a basic sample analyzer with a few sample vials. Medikits are more bulky than medpacs and could not be carried around on one's belt. Instead, the Medikit was usually carried by an attached shoulder strap.