bandage Bruises?

[ShadowWolf2289]

I was thinking about how you need to bandage a bruise. I mean I understand like if its a wound that's bleeding but if its like a punch or a hit from a club where its just black and blue why would you need to bandage it? am I not getting some kind of medical knowledge that some people know or am I within reason here? Just asking because I am playing the game on steam after playing for a long time off of it and when I run out of meds and they get a infection because of poor bandaging and die its kind of angering.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

I usually set Medicine to off for everyone. Then if they get a wound I decide whether or not they get any type of medicine before treatment. Bruises/cracks I treat with no medicine. Any bleeding wounds get medicine and priority treatment.

[Mathenaut]

Depending on how bad it is, you usually want to keep it under pressure or possibly lance the swelling if it gets bad enough.

[ShadowWolf2289]

hmm did not know that thank you.

[Wex]

Usually you also put on it some kind of ointment, and the bandage prevent the ointment from scrubbing off.

[DariusWolfe]

FWIW, it's not really "bandaging" so much as it's just "treatment". The icon is a bandage, but it's really just whatever treatment is appropriate for the wound. For a bruise, you might be putting ice on it to reduce swelling, maybe a topical anesthetic, etc. For a hematoma (basically a really serious bruise) you'd probably want a little more serious treatments.

If you don't treat bruises, they normally do go away on their own, though they take a little longer than otherwise.