The best preventative medicine is bullets down range.
STEP AWAY FROM THE PATIENT.
—Trauma Team First Responder, Cyberpunk 2077
He that may fight, heal him
He that may fight no more, give him peace
He that is dead, take from him the Chapter's due
He that may fight no more, give him peace
He that is dead, take from him the Chapter's due
— The Codex Astartes, Warhammer 40,000
I don't see plugging a maniac like you as a violation of the Hippocratic Oath at all. Basically, I look on it as preventative medicine.
— Medic template, Feng Shui
Whoops... zat vas not medicine.
Eins, zwei, dr- ugh, I do not think ve bought enough body-bags.
Ze healing is not as rewarding as ze hurting.
Phanan
: "A laser scalpel. Hard to distinguish from a writing tool without close inspection and up close, I'm pretty effective with it."
Repness: "I'd say so. Did you surrender this weapon to our guards before coming before me?"
Phanan: "What weapon, sir?"
Repness: "The laser scalpel."
Phanan: "Not a weapon, sir. It's a tool of medicine. I wasn't asked to turn over my bandages, bacta treatments, disinfectant sprays, or tranquilizers either, but I can kill a man with any of them, under the right circumstances."
: "A laser scalpel. Hard to distinguish from a writing tool without close inspection and up close, I'm pretty effective with it." Repness: "I'd say so. Did you surrender this weapon to our guards before coming before me?"
Phanan: "What weapon, sir?"
Repness: "The laser scalpel."
Phanan: "Not a weapon, sir. It's a tool of medicine. I wasn't asked to turn over my bandages, bacta treatments, disinfectant sprays, or tranquilizers either, but I can kill a man with any of them, under the right circumstances."
"Lots of ways to help people. Sometimes heal patients. Sometimes execute dangerous people. Either way helps."
"Have killed many people, many ways; guns, knives, drugs, tech attacks, once with farming equipment, but never with medicine!"
—Mordin Solus, Mass Effect 2
"Ya don't git combat pay 'cause ya don't fight!"
—Officer to a skeptical, bedraggled medic in Bill Mauldin's Up Front — medics did eventually get combat pay.
"Not every mad doctor lives in a castle surrounded by villagers with pitchforks. Sometimes they live in the trenches, where there's plenty of spare parts flying around and a pressing need to get inventive with them."
Ah, Barrayarans, Mile's heart warmed. "On sight", he confirmed. These were military medicos; they all bore sidearms, bless them.
I recommend dissection!
— Ratchet, before slicing up a horde of Terrorcons, Transformers: Prime
I've done plenty of body work, Starscream, but I'm better at breaking 'em than fixing 'em.
— Knock Out, Transformers: Prime
Time for your physical!
I'll cut you down to size.
Side effects may include nausea, headaches... and death!
(Match Start vs Filia) You should have that removed.
(Match Start vs Cerebella) The head bone's connected to the arm bone... for now.
(Victory) I'd get a second opinion.
(During Dead On Arrival blockbuster attack) Tell me where it hurts...
I'll cut you down to size.
Side effects may include nausea, headaches... and death!
(Match Start vs Filia) You should have that removed.
(Match Start vs Cerebella) The head bone's connected to the arm bone... for now.
(Victory) I'd get a second opinion.
(During Dead On Arrival blockbuster attack) Tell me where it hurts...
First, do no harm.
Second, do know harm.
— Old USMC Corpsman saying
I'm an army doctor, which means I could break every bone in your body while naming them.
— Dr. John Watson, Sherlock
Luckily, their oath to "do no harm" doesn't apply to Monsters.
—Official description of the Medic class, Evolve
The Doc might have had her fingers crossed when she said the "do no harm" part.
— Page blurb regarding Doctor Chevy, Grrl Power
Field Medic: Jonny, this one is lost! We need to leave, and now!
Jonathan: No! There is time! I can save him!
Field Medic: That is the enemy coming! The orders are to evacuate the hospital!
Jonathan: Done! He will live!
Field Medic: And now what?
Jonathan: (grabs a gun) We fight! Killing is a hell of lot easier than healing.
Jonathan: No! There is time! I can save him!
Field Medic: That is the enemy coming! The orders are to evacuate the hospital!
Jonathan: Done! He will live!
Field Medic: And now what?
Jonathan: (grabs a gun) We fight! Killing is a hell of lot easier than healing.
I'm going to fight for a better world. For some, that means a bandage. For others, a bullet.
— Jean-Baptiste Augustin, Overwatch
"STOP. I will shear straight through your armor and take off that hand. I'd reattach it later, of course. I AM A SURGEON!"
— Tailor, Schlock Mercenary, September 18th 2010
Crimson Medics are trained in both medicine and close-quarter combat. They prefer to put themselves in the frontlines of an engagement, where they may bring their swords to bear or else drag wounded comrades out the the thick of the fighting and tend to their wounds.
— Flavour Text of the Crimson Medic, Legacy of a Thousand Suns
Subject: Dr. Kald
Photographed Activity: Filling out medical paperwork, very bored expression on face, one eye looking at the cameraman, eyebrow raised in ire.
Photo Result: Foreground shows a man in combat fatigues with a gut wound. Dr. Kald can be seen in the background, sprinting in the general direction of the man. A First Aid kit is held in one hand, Dr. Kald appears to be shooting somebody with a pistol held in his other hand. Large sections of the surroundings are apparently enshrouded in fire.
Note: ...I knew I missed working in the field, but I didn't know my subconscious was this... testosterone-laden. -Dr. Kald
Photographed Activity: Filling out medical paperwork, very bored expression on face, one eye looking at the cameraman, eyebrow raised in ire.
Photo Result: Foreground shows a man in combat fatigues with a gut wound. Dr. Kald can be seen in the background, sprinting in the general direction of the man. A First Aid kit is held in one hand, Dr. Kald appears to be shooting somebody with a pistol held in his other hand. Large sections of the surroundings are apparently enshrouded in fire.
Note: ...I knew I missed working in the field, but I didn't know my subconscious was this... testosterone-laden. -Dr. Kald
—SCP-978 Extended Test Log, SCP Foundation
E's a zoggin nurse!
—Ork Mekboy sighting an enemy Apothecary, Dawn of War II multiplayer
(to the tune of "What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor")
What do you do when the party's full health?
What do you do when the party's full health?
Or even half way up and standing?
DPS THE BAD GUYS!
No, I don't pay your sub,
But when the fight takes too long it starts to rub
All up on everybody's nerves
And when you hit endgame it serves you right
When the boss full-wipes the party 'cause you couldn't beat Enrage!
What do you do when the party's full health?
What do you do when the party's full health?
Or even half way up and standing?
DPS THE BAD GUYS!
No, I don't pay your sub,
But when the fight takes too long it starts to rub
All up on everybody's nerves
And when you hit endgame it serves you right
When the boss full-wipes the party 'cause you couldn't beat Enrage!
Okay, let's do it Kandahar style.
— Ms Serena Campbell giving RAMC trauma surgeon Bernie Wolfe free rein to organise incoming trauma cases, Holby City
"I've learned from experience that the place to save lives is in the field, not an office. And sometimes (racks his handgun's slide) the only way to save a life is to take one."
— Gustave "Doc" Kateb, Rainbow Six Siege
"I have a responsibility to protect the well-being of my patients... or to put it another way: I must eradicate any and all threats to them."
— Natasha, Honkai: Star Rail
