How a patient story works in Hospital Helpers
In Hospital Helpers you follow one patient through one story, from hello to goodbye. You switch between three jobs: nurse, doctor and surgeon. The screen always tells you who you are right now and what to do, so you never have to guess. This page explains how a story is built.
Your three roles: nurse, doctor and surgeon
You are not one person in the game. You take on the job the patient needs right now. When the job changes, a colleague hands over with a card like "Now you are the doctor."
| Role | What you do as this role |
|---|---|
| Nurse | Welcome the patient, clean your hands, ask what would help, do the first checks (thermometer, heart, finger clip, arm cuff), get the blood test tray ready, wrap a support and look after the patient when they wake up |
| Doctor | Read the chart, pick the test that answers the question, work with the expert in the X-ray, ultrasound or MRI room, read the report, compare with last time and explain the plan with picture cards |
| Surgeon | Do the team check of the name band, fit repair pieces into an outline, look around with the tiny camera |
The surgeon only appears in some stories: Mika's sore wrist, Ines's tummy puzzle and Ada's new wrist. In the Body Lab you are with Sanna, the surgeon, too. All stories are on the list of all 15 stories.
What the screen shows
At the top:
- Your role right now: Nurse, Doctor or Surgeon.
- The patient's name with a little face beside it. The face shows how the patient feels: Worried, Feeling okay or Happy. It gets happier as the story goes on.
- What to do now: during a job, one sentence that says what to do, for example "Find all four itchy patches." During a talk card it shows the room you are in. The pause screen shows the same line as Your job now.
- Step 3 of 14: how far along the story you are. Every card counts as a step, not only the jobs.
- The Pause button.
In the middle is the job itself, or a talk card. A talk card shows who speaks and what they say, with a Next button. A handoff card shows the new role.
At the bottom are the Turn left and Turn right buttons (only when a piece can be turned), "Done!" when a job is finished, "Want a hint?" when the game offers help, and the Hint button. How every job works is on jobs and tools.
The hospital rooms
Behind the cards you see the hospital corridor. People walk to the room where the next step happens. In Shift 5, the night shift, the windows are dark and the lamps are low, but you can still see every face and every tool.
| Room | What happens there |
|---|---|
| Wash room | Hand gel at the start of each shift |
| Checkup room | Talking, first checks, choosing a test, explaining the plan, saying goodbye |
| X-ray room | Lining up the arm and the X-ray machine, reading the X-ray report |
| Operating room | The team check and the repair |
| Lab | The blood test tray and tube mail (member stories) |
| Ultrasound room | Scan gel and the ultrasound probe (member stories) |
| MRI room | Getting ready for the scanner and looking through the pictures (member stories) |
| Playroom | The Teddy Clinic |
| The surgeon's study | The Body Lab |
The team
You never work alone. These colleagues talk to you in the stories:
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Liv | Nurse. She often hands over to you when you become the doctor |
| Amir | Doctor. He explains things to patients and sometimes wants to wait and see |
| Sanna | Surgeon. She also runs the Body Lab with her model Bodo |
| Jo | X-ray expert. Also helps with the MRI scanner |
| Nils | Lab expert. Receives the blood samples by tube mail |
| Mei | Ultrasound expert |
The patients
There are eight patients in the stories: Ella, Sam and Mika in Shift 1, then Noor, Leo, Ines, Ari and Ada in the later shifts. Mika, Ella, Noor, Ines, Sam, Leo and Ari come back for a second visit. Teddy (in the Teddy Clinic) and Bodo (in the Body Lab) are toys, not patients.
How stories open
Stories open one after the other. Finish one, and the next patient is waiting. You cannot start a new patient while another story is half done: the home screen says "Help Ella first" until you finish that one. A story you have already finished can be played again at any time with Visit Ella again.
When a patient comes back for a second visit, the first card says Last time: with one line about the earlier story. If you gave them a sticker before, the game shows it beside their name and says, for example, "Mika still has your sticker". When you finish a whole shift, the result screen shows Next time: with a hint about the next shift, like the end of a TV episode.
Choices that change what people say
Some answers have no wrong pick: they are about what the patient would like. Ella, Sam and Mika each answer the comfort choice you made in their own words. Mika's goodbye depends on the pattern you picked for the support. These choices are kept in your save, so you can try another one with Play again.
See also
- Your first shift, step by step: the first three stories in detail.
- Jobs and tools: the five kinds of job.
- Badges, stickers and curiosity cards: what you get at the end of a story.
- Glossary: every game word explained.
- Play Hospital Helpers.
