Item
Cooling Gel
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Topical gel for High Fever condition — rapid surface body temperature reduction. Single-condition treatment item.
Overview
Cooling Gel is the dedicated treatment for the High Fever condition. Per AH documentation, it's a topical gel that rapidly reduces surface body temperature. Single-condition item with no documented off-label utility. The Thermo (thermometer) tool is used to confirm the High Fever diagnosis before Cooling Gel is applied — diagnosis-first workflow is non-optional.
Confidence note: the AH JSON marks this entry as 'uncertain'. The condition-treatment pairing (Cooling Gel + High Fever) is documented but cross-source verification is limited.
Video Guide
Effect & Mechanics
- Treats the High Fever patient condition
- Rapid surface body temperature reduction
- Single-use per patient
- No off-label utility documented
When to Use vs Skip
Pros
- ✓ Patient confirmed with High Fever via Thermo diagnostic reading
- ✓ Standard treatment workflow once Fever diagnosis is confirmed
Cons
- ✗ Diagnosis not confirmed via Thermo — applying Cooling Gel without temperature verification is wrong-treatment risk
- ✗ Patient has a different condition — wrong-treatment penalty applies
At a Glance
At a Glance
- Cost
- 10 Credits
- Type
- treatment
- Available from
- Shift 1
- Uses
- 1 per application
How to Use This Item
Confirm the High Fever diagnosis first using the Thermo tool — read patient temperature, verify elevated reading. Then pick up Cooling Gel from the Med-cart in the Surgery Room and apply to the patient. Condition resolves on application.
Diagnostic discipline matters: applying Cooling Gel without Thermo verification is risky because other conditions may present with similar surface symptoms. The Thermo + Cooling Gel pair is the documented diagnostic-then-treatment workflow for febrile patients.
Confidence note: AH source marks entry as 'uncertain'. Treat the condition-treatment pairing as 'likely correct' but verify in-game observation before relying on it for critical patient flows.
Patch History
No documented balance changes to Cooling Gel mechanics. AH JSON confidence flag is 'uncertain'.
Item Synergies
Frequently Asked Questions
- High Fever. Single-condition item — use Thermo first to confirm the elevated temperature reading before applying.
- Med-cart in the Surgery Room. Standard cabinet stock.
- Recommended — confirm the High Fever diagnosis via Thermo first. Applying Cooling Gel without verification risks wrong-treatment penalty if the condition is something else.
- No off-label uses documented. Single-condition treatment item.
- AH documentation marks confidence as 'uncertain'. Treat as 'likely correct' pending in-game verification.
What condition does Cooling Gel treat?
Where do I get Cooling Gel?
Do I need Thermo to use Cooling Gel?
Can Cooling Gel treat other conditions?
Is the Cooling Gel + High Fever pairing confirmed?
The High Fever treatment
Cooling Gel treats the High Fever condition. Standard application; per our existing documentation, the workflow is "administer Cooling Gel to forehead, place in cold-regulated bed, wait for temperature gauge to stabilize".
The cold-bed placement step is unusual — most treatments are single-action item applications. High Fever requires both the Cooling Gel AND moving the patient to a specific bed type, which adds time relative to other easy-tier conditions.
Naming and scope
Some community guides discuss "fever" generically alongside the Thermo diagnostic. Our catalogue keeps the slug as high-fever (legacy) rather than peer's fever to preserve URL stability. Cooling Gel is the right treatment under either naming; the slug difference doesn't affect gameplay.
The wrong-treatment risk
Per our existing documentation, the wrong-treatment consequence on High Fever is unusual: the patient "slips into delirium/seizure state, making them prone to anomaly possession". The "anomaly possession" framing is older documentation that may pre-date the canonical Skinwalker-conversion rule. Either way, the lesson is: don't apply random items hoping they work — diagnose, then treat.
Sources: in-game documentation, Sportskeeda items guide.