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key: mechanic/activity-simulators--t133
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id: activity-simulators--t133
lang: en
title: 'Medicine, rescue and emergency services'
summary: >-
  A game rescue procedure requires identifying a state, choosing limited
  equipment and acting according to the result.
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  - id: source-f672c9b9d82b6e7d
    title: RimWorld
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: 'Medicine, rescue and emergency services'
    description: >-
      A game rescue procedure requires identifying a state, choosing limited
      equipment and acting according to the result.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/strategy-rimworld-00.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: RimWorld
      sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/'
      originalUrl: >-
        https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/294100/80e383ef19353058791efe17a6485849246c9c17/ss_80e383ef19353058791efe17a6485849246c9c17.1920x1080.jpg?t=1782756789
      credit: Ludeon Studios / Ludeon Studios
      rights: © Ludeon Studios / Ludeon Studios. All rights reserved.
      caption: A game health panel shows a colonist’s injuries
      alt: A game health panel shows a colonist’s injuries
      markers:
        - x: 26
          'y': 44
          label: List of affected body parts and conditions
        - x: 9
          'y': 46
          label: Permission to receive medical care
    tips:
      - >-
        In a game procedure, show the condition, selected aid and treatment
        result.
    examples:
      - title: RimWorld
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/'
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provenance: >-
  Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design
  examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests.
  Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not
  every proposed variant.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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---
# Medicine, rescue and emergency services

id: activity-simulators--t133
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/activity-simulators--t133
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/activity-simulators--t133/

A game rescue procedure requires identifying a state, choosing limited equipment and acting according to the result.

## At a glance

![A game health panel shows a colonist’s injuries](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/strategy-rimworld-00.webp)

[RimWorld](https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/) · © Ludeon Studios / Ludeon Studios. All rights reserved.

1. List of affected body parts and conditions
2. Permission to receive medical care

- In a game procedure, show the condition, selected aid and treatment result.

- [RimWorld](https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/)

## How it works

A game rescue procedure requires identifying a state, choosing limited equipment and acting according to the result.

## Variants

### Mechanic variants

<a id="t133-variants"></a>

- Assessment reveals available game information. <a id="t133-v1"></a>
- Priorities allocate a limited team. <a id="t133-v2"></a>
- Procedures have explicit prerequisites and completion. <a id="t133-v3"></a>
- Handoffs preserve information for the next participant. <a id="t133-v4"></a>

## Design example

Rescuers in a fictional accident first establish access to a casualty and then arrange transport.

Prototype check: Test step dependencies within stated game rules; do not treat the model as validation of real rescue competence.

## Context and limits

Activity simulators turn observation, operation sequences and limited tools into a testable work task. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map.

## Connected materials

- Sources in the selection: [State: Game Programming Patterns](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/resources/#resource-state-pattern) (key: resource/state-pattern)

## Sources and provenance

Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant.

- [Robert Nystrom: State](https://github.com/munificent/game-programming-patterns/blob/master/book/state.markdown) (id: source-3817d420df0baa92)
- [RimWorld](https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/) (id: source-f672c9b9d82b6e7d)

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