A hemodynamic simulation game for Mac. One critical patient, live vital signs and decisions against the clock. New cockpit mode
SimShockDesktop 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 with continuous dosing. 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, as in real life:
· 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.
BUILT FOR THE MAC
Proper menus, keyboard shortcuts for everything you use often, and a resizable window. Defibrillate with ⌘E, pick a case with ⌘1, ⌘2 and ⌘3, and switch interface with ⇧⌘I. Runs on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
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
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English, German, Chinese and Japanese, with voice.
LEGAL NOTICE
SimShockDesktop 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.
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New cockpit mode
A second interface styled like a flight deck: six analogue needle gauges, a multi-page multifunction display, an annunciator light panel and continuous-dose infusion levers instead of fixed-dose buttons.
The classic interface remains available, and the game starts as it always has. The cockpit is optional and can be activated using the button in the bottom-left corner, from the Options menu or with ⇧⌘I.
Tests that must be ordered
Blood gas, lactate, blood count, echocardiogram and a Swan-Ganz catheter. Each test takes a different amount of time to return its results.
The catheter unlocks the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, cardiac output and systemic vascular resistance readings, which remain dark until it has been inserted. The catheter can only be ordered while a case is running.
Lactate with inertia
Lactate rises quickly when things are going badly and falls slowly once they are corrected.
Menus and keyboard shortcuts
Restart, pause, defibrillate, select a case and change the difficulty or language — all from the keyboard.
The window opens at a comfortable size, and Preferences follow the language selected in the game.
Session scoreboard
Accumulated points, games played and average score are visible in both interfaces and are kept separate from the examination score.
Venous pressure is displayed with one decimal place because its range is narrow.
Adjustments to patient behaviour
Dobutamine reduces pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and no longer causes an abrupt heart-rate adjustment when the infusion is started.
Stopping noradrenaline now has a noticeable effect on blood pressure.
Furosemide acts for thirty seconds, with a countdown displayed on the button, and causes a smaller increase in heart rate as the patient improves.
Amiodarone and propranolol retain their effects for several seconds instead of wearing off immediately by themselves.
Version 6.2(27)
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