SimShockandroid

P.Kessler

About this game

SimShock – Hemodynamic simulation game

SimShock is a hemodynamic simulation game. It is not a teaching or instructional tool, nor a clinical simulator.

It is a game, in the same sense that a home flight simulator is one: faithful in spirit, carefully built, but a game. It replaces nothing and does not claim to.

One critical patient. Vital signs moving in real time. And very little margin.

The patient may arrive with acute heart failure, massive haemorrhage or septic shock. Each scenario behaves differently, and what works in one can sink the patient in another. You decide what to do, and how fast.

TWO INTERFACES, ONE ENGINE

Choose between the classic interface and the new cockpit mode, styled like a flight deck: analogue needle instruments, a multi-function display, a warning light panel and infusion levers you drag with your finger. Switch between them whenever you like, without losing the game.

WHAT YOU CAN ORDER IN COCKPIT MODE

Request tests and wait for them to come back:

· Blood gas — pH, pCO2, pO2, bicarbonate, base excess, saturation
· Lactate — rises fast, clears slowly
· Blood count — haemoglobin, haematocrit, white cells, platelets
· Echocardiogram — ejection fraction, vena cava, contractile pattern
· Swan-Ganz catheter — wedge pressure, cardiac output, resistance

The catheter unlocks three readings that stay dark without it: you cannot read what has not been measured.

WHAT YOU HAVE AT HAND

Noradrenaline, dobutamine, dopamine, nitroglycerin, saline, furosemide, propranolol, amiodarone, antibiotics, transfusion, non-invasive ventilation, defibrillation and transfer to the intensive care unit.

THE PATIENT WILL NOT WAIT

Live electrocardiogram trace, arterial pressure curve and venous pressure. If ventricular fibrillation sets in, you have seconds to defibrillate before you lose the patient.

GAME MODES

· Pick a scenario, or take a random case
· Exam mode: ten consecutive rounds with a final score
· Three difficulty levels, with ever tighter margins
· Session scoreboard: running points, rounds played and average

ON PHONE AND TABLET

Played in landscape, with the interface scaled to the size of the screen. On a tablet the cockpit spreads out in full; on a phone it stays playable, with the controls within thumb's reach.

LANGUAGES

Spanish, English, German, Chinese and Japanese, with voice. The game starts in the language of your device and can be switched at any time during play.

LEGAL NOTICE

SimShock is a game that represents pathophysiological situations in a simplified way. It is not an educational tool or a clinical guide. It offers no medical advice and makes no recommendations of any kind. Always consult healthcare professionals.