Customer Reviews

Emergency Room: Life or Death

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I purchased this game and I like it a lot. It's great. You run tests on the patient, make a diagnosis, and treat them. It even has a spot where the nurse can give you prompts if your unsure what to do next.

Being a person who might want to become a doctor one day, this game was fun and educational. I learned a lot about diagnosis and what to do for different cases. The cases were intersting and the "pressure is on". Fun for everyone. VERY ADDICTIVE!

The plus side is that it isn't a first-person shooter. The minus side is that after a while it feels like "Doctor" (the Hasbro game with the cartoon body and the buzzers) spiced up with quicktime mini-movies.
As a rapidly rising doctor in a busy emergency room you interact with a photo-real patient within the context of Exam Room, Lab, Imaging, and Treatment. As you apply the tools (EKG, and stethoscope, x-ray and blood workup, oxygen and I.V...) to the appropriate body parts, and make the correct entries in your chart, your score rises. At various junctures actor-portrayed characters (the crusty Chief of Staff, the caring young Intern), will speak to you and perhaps share a little of their own story.

I enjoy watching the TV show ER. So that has inspired me to learn all that I can about disease and being a doctor. When I heard about this game, I just HAD to get it. So I have been playing this game, It's diffucult and has some Sassy personality. But it really encourages you to do EVERYTHING right, and that is how it has to be in real life. The one thing that I can't stand is exactly how to do some discharge and get points, because it isn't mentioned anywhere.

I remember playing this game when my father got it for his computer. It was a lot of fun, so when I saw it on Amazon, I wanted to get it for myself. The description said it was good for Windows, so I ordered it. What I did not realized was Windows and Windows 7 was not the same thing. Amazon told me that I could return it, so I did. It is a challenging game, but remember, it is old and quite expensive. Be careful to check out the operating systems that the software is able to run with. I learned the hard way.

First off.. I bought this thinking it was for a DS.. not the PC... but attempted to play anyways.. and it wasn't very easy... I felt like I was missing steps.. and couldn't figure out the assessment.. and drawing conclusions.. I donno.. definitely wouldn't recommend it!... and I'm a RN

I bought this game, as a critical care nurse, for the fun of it. Too bad, as I can easily diagnose the problems and know what to do next, I can't get the software to do what I want. For example, when a patient has a "cardiac arrest", (has a lethal arrhythmia) I want to get the defibrillator and shock, but I can't get the software to do it...so the chief doctor comes on and says I've killed the patient. So much for fun!

Too bad we can't try these things out before we buy them! This "game" is limited in scope and, after the third crash, I gave up on it. Give me The Sims any day!