Prussian Combat Medic

Combat Medics are valued members of most warbands hailing from the Faithful nations. They range from the dedicated Sisters of Saint Cosmas to the Ducal Medical Corps of New Antioch. Whatever their origin, Combat Medics accompany their units to the front lines, leaving the long-term care of the wounded to army doctors operating in the forward surgical teams. Combat Medics also bear the responsibility of gathering the dogtags of fallen soldiers and reporting casualties to their unit commanders. 

Rather than providing any protection from enemy fire (indeed, Heretic snipers are infamous for targeting medical personnel) the Combat Medic insignia bearing the Rod of Asclepius is there to help their comrades identify them in the heat of battle and call for their aid. Since the followers of the Heretic lords (let alone the undead of the Black Grail) cannot be expected to honour any kind of symbol of medical neutrality, Combat Medics often go into battle heavily armed and armoured, and take part in active combat in addition to their battlefield medical duties.

Combat Medics can often be found fighting their enemies in bitter close-quarters combat for the possession of the fallen and the wounded, in order to prevent them from being used by both the Court and the Heretics in rituals of dark worship. Here, their famed misericordia daggers have proven their mettle time and again, taking out even the heavily-armoured Anointed, dragged down by the combined efforts of brave Yeomen.

The Free State of Prussia boasts a cadre of well-trained and highly experienced veteran front-line medics, often well-versed both in human and veterinary first aid. Many Prussian Combat Medics are former lay members of the knightly orders such as the Malteserorden, who still maintain hospices in memory of their original purpose. 

Prussian Combat Medics of the Stosstruppen are selected from amongst the best and the most athletic in the entire Armed Medical Service. They follow the Lazarus Doctrine, a protocol which dictates that the priority of the krieg-sanitäter is to return soldiers to combat immediately, using any means at their disposal. The Free State has the most advanced chemical warfare programme in Europa, and it provides its Combat Medics with an excellent kit to get even the most severely wounded soldiers back on their feet and into the fray once more.

The breadbag straps each soldier carries are used to create tourniquets, followed by an arsenal of pain-numbing, adrenaline-pumping chemicals to get soldiers back into action. They also carry mustard paper, bottles of ammonia, pervitin, and many other tinctures to revive the fallen, supporting the Prussian doctrine of overwhelming opponents with lightning assaults. While putting such extra strain on wounded soldiers may often cause their unfortunate demise later on due to blood loss or exhaustion, it is an undeniable fact that the Combat Medic creed has turned many a battle in favour of the Free State.