HRogge Wrote:It isn't cryogenic storage, it is (arguably poor) slang for a metabolic stasis effect (or at least dramatic slow down).Ace Dreamer Wrote:There is med tech around in Fenspace, by this date, which can be used by a person with that level of training, and will pretty safely drop a non-biomodded person into safe suspended animation, 'on ice', for later attention.I don't think cryogenic storage is that ubiquious and common in Fenspace Season 2...
There isn't any freezing involved, it is more like a drug effect which mimics natural hybernation, to the extent that metabolic processes slow down to a crawl. This prevents tissue being damaged by lack of oxygen, or longer term lack of nutrients.
We already use effects like this on the operating table to give surgeons more time to operate on the heart.
Quote:Catgirl Industries never needed a medical team with that good, becauseYou'll always need trained personel, the question is what you do, on the spot, in emergencies, with just paramedics. I wouldn't trust someone's life to untrained people, no matter how allegedly "idiot proof" it is.
all of their biomods have a very strong regeneration. Thats why they
send someone to Kandor to get some training when they made the contract
with ESA.
In addition to this, I think that "progress will make trained personal unnecessary" is not really a way we want to go. ^^
Quote:This tech doesn't mean people "can't die", it just increases the possibility that you can help injured people. The odds are that there are people who are allergic to this treatment, or that it interacts badly with certain other drugs, possibly ones used to treat chronic conditions. I'm sure that there are a wide range of medical conditions or injuries that it would be useless for.Quote:You could deal with this issue in a number of ways,And finally, having a "cannot die, will never be in danger" medical tech everywhere available is boring.
including saying such tech is patchy in its distribution across
Fenspace, possibly due to its expense, and that a catgirl med tech would
be mostly equipped for treating catgirls (who all count as biomodded)
so might not have the version which works on those who aren't biomodded.
I do not think that the woman would have needed a biomod or would have
died if the accident had happened on Prometheus Forge... but it did not
happen there.
If you want 'magic' med tech, you're looking at something like an Auto Doc tank, that basically takes over control of someone's metabolism. A bit like an ECMO:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...eal_membrane_oxygenation
that also handles metabolic shock, and includes a full analytical and drug dispensing set-up. Not cheap and definitely something you want skilled personal for.
Edit: I'm not implying such a machine exists in Fenspace, I'm just extrapolating existing hard tech.
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