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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
If anything, I think that T2K is too optimistic. A lot of care is going to be little better than a Civil War field doctor could administer, and it was well known that treatment at a Civil War field aid station was most likely going to kill you.
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I think that's a little bit pessimistic. Yes, it's true that modern medicines and in many cases medical equipment will be in short supply on the T2K battlefield, but medics and doctors in the T2K world have one important commodity that their Civil War counterparts lacked - knowledge. Even someone like me, a civilian first aider with an interest in the biological sciences, has far, far more accurate knowledge about the workings of the human body than a Civil War era surgeon. Today we understand the importance of strict hygiene, where possible, during medical procedures. We understand the mechanisms of infection, of shock, of blood types and blood pressure, of how the nervous system works. We know that neat alcohol is far better than nothing when it comes to antiseptics.
I think all of that counts for a lot. Survival rates would definitely be significantly higher than on a Civil War battlefield.