Database Search: Simulation

In 911 Paramedic, players assume the role of a paramedic and rush to the scenes of accidents on the streets of Los Angeles. Players can handle over thirty real-life emergency situations.

At- Risk is a training game designed to help faculty and staff identify and approach students that appear to be experiencing mental distress. Through simulated conversations within the game, players interact with virtual students dealing with suicidal thoughts, depression, anxiety, and symptoms of paranoia.

The suicide rate among U.S. soldiers has increased by 46 percent since 2003, and so the Army has produced a suicide prevention game to teach soldiers how to identify signs of depression in themselves and others, and how to seek help. Players watch a drama and are challenged to make effective decisions that will help prevent suicide. In addition to demonstrating the steps that soldiers can take when they are experiencing mental distress or see it in others, the game conveys the message that seeking professional counseling is a positive step and not a negative one.

In Body Mechanics: Escape from Obeez City, players and a team of experts are miniaturized and sent into the body of a critically obese patient. Players of this DVD game will learn about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and exercising to stay fit.

DAWARS Ambush! is a military-based training simulation developed by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to educate and train military personnel on the rules-of-engagement. Players engage in real-life combat situations, infantry tactics, and other areas of military training.

In Disaster in Franklin County: A Public Health Simulation, players assume the role of a public health professional during a time of a natural disaster. Players experience multiple professions in the public health industry in an attempt to gain a greater understanding of the issues involved in a natural disaster. This game was developed by the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota.

Earthquake in Zipland is designed to help children of divorced or separated parents cope with the stresses and emotional issues that often arise from the separation. Players embark on a quest while helping the main character deal with some issues that may resemble those of the players, such as anger, guilt, and loyalty conflicts. 

In Emergency Room 2, players enter the game as medical students and work their way up toward the top. Players start off with simple cases, such as cuts and scrapes. Treating patients successfully allows players to be promoted within the hospital until they eventually reach Chief of Staff.

In Emergency Room: Code Red, players work as doctors in a hospital that is overcrowded and understaffed. After a riot breaks out over the hospital’s inefficiency, players treat patients with who have been stabbed or shot.

This game allows the player to experience what its like to be a real paramedic. The player must ask the right questions and use proper diagnostics to uncover critical information as you treat and stabilize each patient. The player receives detailed feedback on your performance at the conclusion of every case.

This game allows the player to “experience real-life emergency medical cases such as cardiac arrests, broken bones an life-threatening traumas as you respond to situations requiring you to revive, treat and keep seriously ill patients alive.”

Fatworld is a game that focuses on the political side of nutrition. Players can learn about the role socioeconomics plays in the relationship between obesity and nutrition in the United States. The game addresses budgetary factors and regulations that impact society and affect the politics of nutrition. This free downloadable game is targeted toward children.

Free Dive is a virtual reality-based adventure in which players hunt for hidden treasures in the sea and swim with dolphins and tropical fish. This game was developed to distract children from chronic pain by immersing them in an environment designed to be calm.

This free, online simulation game is about overpopulation and how it is affecting the planet. The game takes place in the near future, during a time of economic collapse and growing populations. Players can learn about the threat of overpopulation and its possible impact on the environment.

HumanSim is a simulation game for the PC designed to train and educate healthcare professionals in the areas of decision-making and assessment of patients during life-threatening situations. This game allows medical staff to practice their ability to make decisions about a patient’s health without the risk of accidentally causing harm to an actual human being.