App is in early stages of development, has potential but should not be used as a teaching tool for students yet. Not only does it give incorrect information (meropenem is not a standard first line antibiotic) but additionally doesn’t provide any teaching tool when things go wrong. If a student didn’t know the answer to why they failed they would be simply pressing different combinations of buttons until they got it right without understanding why. There’s a lot of different patterns of hemodynamics at play here, and with rapid progression of critical situations within the app without a way to pause the game to think, or a way to receive feedback on your choice, the treatments aren’t going to come intuitively and real time to students yet to provide effective learning. There are also strange/nonstandard choices of treatment options: no option to give norepi to a septic shock patient, no option to give bipap to a CHF exacerbation, the only anti hypertensive options are propranolol or NTG, the app will kill the hemorrhagic shock patient you’re already giving blood to unless you also give saline.
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Response from developer
Developer Response:
Thank you for your feedback. SimShock is a personal project created with the goal of offering a fun and interactive experience to help review basic clinical concepts. It is not intended to replace academic training or official clinical guidelines.
We understand that managing shock is highly complex, and many therapeutic decisions depend on the specific clinical context. While some options may be simplified within the game, the purpose is to encourage reasoning and curiosity—not to provide absolute answers.
I appreciate your suggestions, and we are already considering them for future updates. We plan to gradually expand the available treatments, add player feedback, and improve clinical accuracy. Thank you for helping make SimShock better.
