Medic Guide

The Medic Class is no doubt one of the most played kits in Battlefield 2. The #1 player in the world has over 800 of his 1200 hours played as medic. His point per minute is approaching 4, which is about twice as much as most people. This is because the medic gets the most rewards for services rendered to the team.

Medic Class Specifications:
Unlocks:
L85-A1 (great for medium range sniper work, but bad recoil makes it hard to aim on auto. Not much stopping power. )
G36E (xpack only. Great gun)
Pistol
4 Grenades - Grenades are a very useful tool, see the grenade page.
Health packs
Shock Paddles

Point Breakdown
Heal Points - 1 point per heal - This is achieved through a number of actions.
1) Someone picking up one of the medication bags you have thrown on the ground

2) Holding your medication bag near a wounded soldier.
Note: Holding your bag or picking up one of your own health packs does not give you points.
3) Entering a vehicle will allow people that either enter the vehicle or get close to it to be healed.

Revive Points - 2 points per revive
1) Equip your shock paddles (aka defibrilators) and use them on a critically wounded teammate.
While playing as a medic you must always be aware of what is going on throughout the battle. Stay close, but not too close to the larger groups of your fellow troops as they will often need to be healed or even revived. Always listen for troops calling for a medic and check your minimap for a flashing icon. Your minimap will also display where critically wounded troops are.

Wounded symbol on minimap

Critically wounded


Make sure to also watch the health indicator above friendly troops this will let you know if you need to throw them a medic pack.
"Sniff sniff make it better"
Using the Shock paddles for good. This is best done from the prone position. Aim the HUD crosshairs at the soldier's body and click the fire button.

If it doesn't work try again until it is successful. When reviving, you have to think about where the person you are reviving got shot from. If you heard shots from the right and then a call for medic, check the area first and then revive. Many times, you will notice that people will actually throw a grenade at the soldier they have just killed in hopes to kill you as you revive him.
Try and follow these steps so you and your just revived team mate aren't instantly killed:
1. Survive
2. Secure Area
3. Revive
4. Check to see if you and your team mates need healing

Another thing to remember is that just because the bar above a soldier's body has disappeared, it does not mean he can't be revived. It does however mean you have very little time to reach him.
If you fail to make it in time (15 seconds on ranked server) you will just be trying to revive thin air.

Reviving soldiers in water can be difficult, but it is possible if any part of their body is out of the water. Often the critically wounded soldier will float and a small area of his chest will be exposed. If he is close enough to shore, you can revive him by aiming your crosshairs at the exposed area.
Click here to see a Water revive

Using the Shock paddles for evil.
Most people know that the shock paddles are deadly to enemy soldiers. They can disrupt the heartbeat of a living person and thus kill them. Personally, I don't do this often because I prefer using the knife. The knife is quicker and has virtually no reload time so it seems to be a better choice. However, there are certain situations that may favor the use of the shock paddles. For example, if you have just revived or are headed to revive a soldier and run into an enemy at least one try with the shock paddles is definitely a good defense mechanism. If I don't get him on the first charge I then switch to my primary weapon. Plus it makes people go ooooh shock paddle kill.
Misc:
When Squad leader try and be medic especially if you are behind enemy lines and a spawn point is not near by. This will allow you to revive your crew but just as importantly be revived. If team mates are near by and you are taken down, have them pick up your kit with the "G" key and this will allow them to revive you and keep the squad rolling.

Medic packs: These can be used as lures. Throw one down and wait , many times an enemy will roll in and try and heal himself and you'll be lined up for a perfect kill.
On the other side don't just throw down packs in enemy territory this will just allow them to use your own medic packs against you.

Medic packs being held are much slower to heal than ones on the ground. You can instantly be healed by medic packs on the ground. The disadvantage to this is if you throw the medic pack down the enemy can see right where you are since medic packs can be seen by the enemy when they are released. So they see one show up then shortly after disappear they know your there.