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{{Quote2|Study Your Treatments and Learn to Triage
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There are many ways to die in the wilderness. Medical treatments -- man-made or harvested from the natural world -- will save your life. Use the Status screen to check on your health. Apply a Treatment using the First Aid Radial menu. You can also use Treatments from your Pack menu.|What I Know description}}

'''First Aid''' is both a term and category used for items that can be consumed to prevent or treat injuries and diseases to the player throughout their playthrough. They have their own dedicated section within the [[Radial Menu]].

== Afflictions ==
{{Main|Afflictions}}
Negative afflictions cause [[Condition]] loss and/or otherwise impede the player. There are currently 14 types of negative afflictions, which can be classified into two types: injuries and diseases.

=== Injuries ===
Injuries are caused by falling, [[struggle|animal attacks]], or exposure to the elements. The names of injuries that can affect a player will be briefly displayed on screen when they occur. Additionally, the player character will usually cry out in pain.

=== Diseases ===
Prior to contracting diseases, players are able to view their risk for the disease in the status menu. Certain actions taken by the player, such as consuming raw carnivore meat or drinking unsafe water, dramatically increase the risk that the player will contract the related disease. Once the disease has been contracted, treatment is required to remove the negative effects.

== Administering First Aid ==
Administering First Aid to treat an injury or disease is done primarily using the first aid interface from the Radial Menu. Current afflictions are listed and selectable on the left side of the screen. First Aid items can also be consumed directly from the inventory. Although, since the game does not pause in the inventory menu, the additional steps might waste precious time.

After selecting the first aid item, a menu with the player's current afflictions allows the player to direct the treatment to the specific affliction. Using the wrong treatment on the wrong affliction, however, ''will'' still consume the item without curing the affliction. The player will need to apply the correct treatment on the right affliction to begin recovering.

It is possible to have multiple instances of similar afflictions. Each must be treated individually. Many afflictions will have two different possible treatments; regardless, treatments are only selectable when the necessary items are in the inventory. Many afflictions also require a resting or waiting period to completely cure after the treatment is applied.

Afflictions disappear when they are cured. Some afflictions will disappear without treatment once sufficient time has passed, while others slowly drain condition and can kill they player if not cured quickly enough.
==First Aid types==

===Preventative===
{| class="wikitable hover sortable" style="text-align: center; border: 0px;"
! class="unsortable" style="border-style: solid none solid solid;" | [[File:First Aid.png|50px|link=]]
! style="border-style: solid solid solid none;" | Item
! Prevents
! Effect
! Dose
! Weight
! Renewable
|-
| [[File:Antiseptic icon.png|50px|link=]]
| [[Antiseptic]]
| [[File:Infection risk icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Infection]]
| Reduces the risk of infection from an animal attack by 40%
| 0.10 liters
| {{Weight|0.14}}
| Artificial
|-
| [[File:Old Man's Beard Wound Dressing icon.png|50px|link=]]
| [[Old Man's Beard Wound Dressing]]
| [[File:Infection risk icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Infection]]
| Reduces the risk of infection from an animal attack by 40%
| 1 item
| {{Weight|0.10}}
| Natural
|-
| [[File:Water Purification Tablets icon.png|50px|link=]]
| [[Water Purification Tablets]]
| [[File:Dysentery icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Dysentery]]
| Purifies 1 liter of [[water (unsafe)|unsafe water]], allowing the player to drink without risk of Dysentery
| 1 tablet
| {{Weight|0.06}}
| Artificial
|}

=== Prepared Plants ===
{| class="wikitable hover sortable" style="text-align: left; border: 0px;"
! class="unsortable" style="border-style: solid none solid solid;" | [[File:First Aid.png|50px|link=]]
! style="border-style: solid solid solid none;" | Item
! Cooked into
! Weight per dose
|-
|[[File:Prepared Birch Bark icon.png|50x50px]]
|[[Prepared Birch Bark]]
|{{Iconlink|Birch Bark Tea}}
|{{Weight|0.05}}
|-
| [[File:Prepared Burdock icon.png|50x50px]]
| [[Prepared Burdock]]
| Can be consumed as food or boiled into {{Iconlink|Burdock Tea}}
| {{Weight|0.15}}
|-
|[[File:Prepared Reishi Mushrooms icon.png|50x50px]]
|[[Prepared Reishi Mushrooms]]
|{{Iconlink|Reishi Tea}}
|{{Weight|0.05}}
|-
|[[File:Prepared Rose Hips icon.png|50x50px]]
|[[Prepared Rose Hips]]
|{{Iconlink|Rose Hip Tea}}
|{{Weight|0.05}}
|}

===Treatment===
{| class="wikitable hover sortable" style="text-align: left; border: 0px;"
! class="unsortable" style="border-style: solid none solid solid;" | [[File:First Aid.png|50px|link=]]
! style="border-style: solid solid solid none;" | Item
! Treats/Restores
! Dose size
! Weight per dose
! Renewable
|-
| [[File:Antibiotics icon.png|50px|link=]]
| [[Antibiotics]]
| [[File:Dysentery icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Dysentery]]
[[File:Food poisoning icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Food Poisoning]]<br />[[File:Infection icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Infection]]<br />[[File:Intestinal parasites icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Intestinal Parasites]]
| 2 pills
| {{Weight|0.03}}
| Artificial
|-
| [[File:Bandage icon.png|50px|link=]]
| [[Bandage]]
| [[File:Blood loss icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Blood loss]]<br />[[File:Broken ribs icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Broken Ribs]]
[[File:Burns icon.png|50px|link=]]  [[Burns]]<br />[[File:Sprained ankle icon.png|50px|link=]]  [[Sprained Ankle]]

[[File:Sprained wrist icon.png|50px|link=]]  [[Sprained wrist|Sprained Wrist]]
| 1
| {{Weight|0.10}}
| Artificial
|-
|[[File:Birch Bark Tea icon.png|50px|link=]]
|[[Birch Bark Tea]]
|[[File:Restore Condition icon.png|left|50x50px]][[Restore Condition]]
|1
|{{Weight|0.10}}
|Natural
|-
|[[File:Burdock Tea icon.png|50x50px]]
|[[Burdock Tea]]
|[[File:Dysentery icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Dysentery]]
[[File:Food poisoning icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Food Poisoning]]<br />[[File:Infection icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Infection]]<br />[[File:Intestinal parasites icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Intestinal Parasites]]
|1
|{{Weight|0.10}}
|Natural
|-
|[[File:Caffeine Pills icon.png|64x64px]]
|[[Caffeine Pills]]
|Reduces [[File:Fatigue icon.png|64x64px]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[File:Emergency Stim icon.png|50x50px|left]]
|[[Emergency Stim]]
|[[File:Sprained ankle icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Sprained Ankle]]<br />
[[File:Restore Condition icon.png|left|50x50px]][[Restore Condition]] (15)<br />

[[File:Energy Boost icon.png|left|50x50px]]
Give unlimited [[Stamina]] for a limited time (before total depletion)
|1
|{{Weight|0.10}}
|Artificial
|-
|[[File:Go! Energy Drink icon.png|left|50x50px]]
|[[Go! Energy Drink]]
|[[File:Fatigue reduced icon.png|50x50px]] Restores [[Fatigue]] (for a limited time before depletion) and gives [[Fatigue Reduced]]
[[File:Energy Boost icon.png|50x50px]] Gives [[Energy Boost]] (for a limited time before depletion)

[[File:Headache icon.png|50x50px]] Gives [[Headache]] after awhile
|1
|{{Weight|0.25}}
|Artificial
|-
| [[File:Painkillers icon.png|50px|link=]]
| [[Painkillers]]
| [[File:Broken ribs icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Broken Ribs]]
[[File:Burns icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Burns]]<br />[[File:Pain icon.png|50x50px]] [[Pain]]
| 2 pills
| {{Weight|0.03}}
| Artificial
|-
| [[File:Reishi Tea icon.png|50px|link=]]
| [[Reishi Tea]]
| [[File:Dysentery icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Dysentery]]
[[File:Food poisoning icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Food Poisoning]]<br />[[File:Infection icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Infection]]<br />[[File:Intestinal parasites icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Intestinal Parasites]]
| 1
| {{Weight|0.10}}
| Natural
|-
| [[File:Rose Hip Tea icon.png|50px|link=]]
| [[Rose Hip Tea]]
| [[File:Broken ribs icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Broken Ribs]]
[[File:Burns icon.png|50px|link=]] [[Burns]]<br />[[File:Pain icon.png|50x50px]] [[Pain]]
| 1
| {{Weight|0.10}}
| Natural
|-
|
|[[Vitamin-C Pills]]
|
|
|
|
|}

=== Equipment ===
{| class="wikitable hover sortable" style="text-align: left; border: 0px;"
! class="unsortable" style="border-style: solid none solid solid;" | [[File:First Aid.png|50px|link=]]
! style="border-style: solid solid solid none;" | Item
! Prevents/Use
!Weight
|-
|[[File:Respirator icon.png|50x50px]]
|[[Respirator]] (only in  [[Tales from the Far Territory]] expansion)
|[[File:Chemical Poisoning icon.png|50x50px]][[Chemical Poisoning]] at [[Chemical Hazard|Chemical Spills]]
[[File:Suffocation icon.png|50x50px]][[Suffocation]]
|{{Weight|0.00}}
|-
|[[File:Canister icon.png|50x50px]]
| [[Canister]] (only in  [[Tales from the Far Territory]] expansion)
| Used to make a Respirator functional
|{{Weight|0.20}}
|}
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