User:Sirdog/Advanced medical concepts
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The following page is designed around two major sections. The first will be medical information that every basic riflemen will know when playing on an Endurance Coalition controlled server. The second will be medical information designed for use by medics. There are not a lot of modern guides on ACE medical. The ones that are quasi-modern are scattered amongst various sources. This tries to consolidate them into something useful.
The addon used to simulate medical conditions in a more realistic manner than vanilla Arma is strictly from ACE3. At this time, Endurance does not use the even more advanced KAT variant.
For the soldier
The primary way you, as a soldier, can be an asset to your medic and your squad's health is to eliminate the enemy causing harm. The medic's first(-ish) priority is to tend to you and your teammates. Your first priority is fighting. The main goal for you is to assess whether your current condition is sufficient to keep fighting, or whether you will imminently die/go unconscious without a medic's assistance.
When you've been harmed (usually this is by being shot), and there is a lull in the fight or enough people are putting shots down range, quickly open the medical menu using H and double check your name is at the top. If it isn't, click the circular icon to switch to yourself.
Once you are sure you are looking at your own condition, the list of priorities are:
- Are you currently bleeding? If so, how badly?
- Have you lost blood? If so, how much?
- Are you in pain? If so, is it hurting your combat effectiveness?
If you see any limb is not grey, and you see the bleeding indicator, quickly review all non-grey limbs. Any limb with a wound that is not an Abrasion, Contusion, or Bruise is likely causing bleeding. If such a limb only has those 3, it can be ignored for the time being. If possible, apply a tourniquet to the limb. If not possible (not enough tourniquets and/or it's the chest/head), apply a bandage to get bleeding to stop.
If you are no longer bleeding, and your blood loss indicator is still yellow, and you otherwise feel fine, keep fighting, and make note to have a medic review you later. This is crucial because, no matter the bandages applied, it will re-open eventually. A medic needs to stitch it up.
If your arms or legs are hurt, and you see you are bleeding, even if you have chest or head wounds, use a tourniquet on them. If you are bleeding and more than 2 limbs are hurt, ask a battle buddy for more so that all affected limbs are tourniqueted. If bleeding continues despite this, call for a medic.
For the medic
Footnotes
References
- DiscountNinja. “The Definitive Arma 3 ACE Medical Guide” Golden Legion. Accessed April 12, 2025. https://golden-legion.com.
- NOID and FindingNima. “ACE3 Adv Medical + Cheat Sheet” Steam Community. Accessed April 12, 2025. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=930706887.
- Lynx. “ACE3 Advanced Medical” Steam Community. Accessed April 12, 2025. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2172390846.