Trauma Center: Under the Knife
(No Fancy ASCII Art For You!)
Guide and Walkthrough
- Version .1
- By Edgar Baez
- Copyright 2005 Edgar Baez
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Table of Contents "Navigate Here"
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1. Introduction (S1)
2. Version (S2)
3. Story (S3)
4. How to Play (S4)
5. Little Tips That May Help (S5)
6. Walkthrough (S6)
7. Credits (S7)
8. Closing Statements (S8)
9. CopyRight Information (S9)
Hello, and welcome to my FAQ for Trauma Center: Under the Knife. I am your
assistant.Edgar. I am will be your guide throughout these operations you
will experience during your career as a surgeon. Hah, anyway, this is my
first FAQ. Please bear with me as I try to learn the ins-and-outs of FAQ
writing. I picked this game up on release and I love it. I thoughtit was a
very cool game. When am I ever gonna be surgeon again? Very fun and new
experience utilizing the Nintendo DS functions that make it so unique.
This game can be a bit tough and amibigous at times but you'll be
able to make it through. Just have Fun! Thats what videogames are for!
Alright, lets begin operating!
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Version History (S2)
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Version 0.1 - 10/14/2005
Finished:
- Introduction
- Version History
- Story
- How to Play
- Guide/Walkthrough
- Credits
- Closing Statements
- CopyRight Info
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Story "not half bad..." (S3)
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This is what they manual lays out as the story of the game:
" In the year 2018, making has overcome a number of diseases once thought
incurable. Cancer, AIDS, and TFTA are clearly things of the past. However,
a new plague has emerged to threaten humanity...
...it's called GUILT (Gangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin).
Very little is known about this new disease, but rumor has it that GUILT
might be the first biological weapon used for "medical terrorism."
Our only hope may lie in Caduceus International - a semi-covert
organization designed to researchand treat the world's most
"untreatable" diseases.Caduceus has managed to keep GUILT from
the public so far, but how can they possibly eliminate a disease they
don't even know how to treat properly?
Meanwhile, Derek Stiles has just completed his residency and joined
the surgical team at Hope Hospital, where routing clinical cases are
about to become far more serious..."
Believe it or not, the story isn't half bad. I might even consider
having a part of the FAQ dea with analysis of it.
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How To Play "And how to use the toys they give ya!" (S4)
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-LITERAL CONTROLS-
+ Control Pad - Move Cursor
A Button - Make Selection / Continue Conversation
B Button - Selects "Return" from the LOAD screen
X Button - Not Used
Y Button - Not Used
L Button - Not Used
R Button - Not Used
SELECT - Speed through conversations
START - Pause the Game
-Heads Up Display-
Vital Indicator - The Heart at the top left screen is the indicator.
Zero = DIE
HeartBeat Monitor - This shows current heart beat. Obviously when it
flatlines the patient is dead.
Call - When this appears select it to hear what the assistant or
someone else has to say.
Tool Bar - These to vertical bars going down the side of the screen both have
five different tools.
Tray - Appears when you remove something from a body and need to dispose of it.
- How to use your surgical tools -
Laser - The laser incinerates tumors and viruses. Tap the screen to shoot
the laser or hold it down.
Antibiotic Gel - A potent medication used for disinfection it can also
heal small wounds. Just rub on infected area.
Drain - A long tube for removing fluid ffrom the area of operation,
primarily blood. Tap the pool of blood and push upward the tube to
suck up blood until the puddle dissapears.To release fluid
(like water in bomb mission) tap the part of the tube
with the fluid and pull down on until all the fluid is gone.
Forceps - Extract harmful materials and pick up delicate objects like
synthetic membranes.Just tap the objects and pull in the opposite
direction of which the object is lodged. Or just pull away if it is
something else. A tray will appearin the bottom right to drop the object
in.
Hand - Take a hands-on approach to various actions, such as heart-massage
and membrane application. Just rub on the area
Scanner - It's used to find conecealed tumors or to magnify affected
areas. A shadow will appearwhen tumors or GUILT are found.
Swiftly take your scapel and push or rub on the shadow to make the tumor
expose or the GUILT pop-out.
Scalpel - A blade to make incisions and excise/remove tumors and other
objects. If a something is excisable a yellow dotted pattern will appear
around it. Follow the line to cut it off. You can also use it to expose
hiding GUILT in the body. Just hold down on the shadow.
Stitches - Use the needle to suture incisions and other delicate areas
(Suture is a fancy word for stitch or close up.)
Syringe - his is necessary for injecting various medications. THe most
commonone would be green medicine. Which increases vitals when injected.
Just tapthe bottleand pull upward will it fills with medicine. Then tap
on body and pull down on it till fully injected.
Bandages - End an operation by applying tape to the sutured area. Just tap
then pull over area to be covered and let go.
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Little Tips That May Help You Out "Or Not"(S5)
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1. Its good to practice your stitching pattern. After a while you'll be able
to find it and stitch up lacerations and inscisions with ease.
2. If you need to start over a mission, you can skip through the text
with SELECT.(See the manual is good for something!)
3. Always keep an eye on vitals whenever things are calming up.
Its no good to be on a roll during an operation and lose to vitals
reaching zero.
4. Always pay attention to what the assistant or whoever is saying to you.
They always seem to drop helpful hints on how to take care of the
situation.
5. If a surgery has you frustrated. Relax. Take a break. Go at it again.
You'd be surprised what a 10 minute break can help you out on beating the
mission the next time you attempt it.
6. When you first being, you won't be getting much more than C Rank for
now.Don't worry about it. So far we've found ranking higher doesn't give
you anything. But I'll tell you how to rank better later in the game.
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Walkthrough "Finally, what you're here for!" (S6)
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1-1.
Now this one isn't tough at all. But if you need help. Thats why I'm
here. Although the nurse does tell you how to do everything, anyway,
Let's Begin.I believe the patient was in a car crash and sufferd
many foreign objects (glass) into the upper arm. Well we are going to
have to do something about it aren't we? Start by closing up those
lacerations with the stitches. A nice simple zig-zag pattern will do.
If your new at this. It might be hard to get used to stitching
it right the first time. But after practice you'll be stitching in up
easily.Now select the forceps and be careful where in which direction
the glass is being lodged in. Pull in the opposite direction and drop
the glass in the tray that appears at the bottom right. Repeat
with the 2nd piece. Closethe small lacerations left behind by
applying anti-biotic gel to them. Okay now a yellow dotted line
will appear. Apply anti-biotic gel until it says Ok!. Then
take your scapel and make an incision followingthe line.You
will notice 3 shards of glass in his arm. Remove them with the
same method as before and apply anti-biotic gel. When the
camera zooms out. Stitch up the insiscion with a zigzag pattern
(about 3 good zigs should be good). Then apply anti-biotic gel on
stitches until ok! appears. Then select the bandage and apply
= over the stitches. Just barely going over the end of both
sides of the stitch. Good Job Surgeon! You've completed your
first operation! But it will most certainly not be your last...
You have been warned... With a Surgeon General's Warning! XD
1-2
Well now you are moving onto bigger and better things. Well for you,
not the patient. A simple tumor removal. Open him up. Use the
anti-bioticsto disinfect and then cut him open down the line.Inject
vitals into him.Then use the ultra-sound to find the tumors.
A shadow will appear onstomach. Repeat it again,tapping on the tumor.
Then quickly get yourscapel and draw a linedown the shadow.
It will open up and you will see green pus.
Grab the drain and remove the pus. Put the drain on the pus.
Then push upward in middle of tube. Green stuff shouldgo through.
Continue until it is all gone. You will then see a dotted line
around the tumor. Follow it withthe scapel to remove it. Use
the forcepsto grab it and then drop it in tray.
Then select the forceps again and a yellow square will
appear in tray on your bottom left. It is synthetic protein,
used to covert big cuts like that. Its made out of protein so
the body won't reject it. If you even cared.
Get the anti-biotic gel and rub it over the protein layer until ok!
appears. Then Select your hands and rub around the corners of the
square until it melded into the flesh.The procedure has been
completed. Now close em' up. You know the deal.Four Zig-Zags did
the deal for me. Then anti-biotics and apply the bandge.
Operation Successful. Well Done.
1-3
Here we have many tumors in the pancreas. The procedure shouldn't
be much harder than the last. We'll start by opening him up.
You will see two white dots on the pancreas. They are inflamed
areas. Inject blueserum into both of them to reduce inflammation.
Now use your scanner to find a tumor. Once you do, cut it open
with scapel, remove green fluid, excise tumor and put in tray,
apply synthetic protein,including gel and pressure, repeat for
other two tumors. Then your done with the main part. Just
stitch him up, stitches, gel, bandge. Finished!
That was easy! Operation Successful.
1-4
No surgery here! Aw man... This chapter just talks about you're
current assistant, Mary Fulton, is leaving the hospital and your
new assistant, the young and beautfiul, Angie Thompson will be
taking her place. Don'tunderestimate her. She is one tough cookie.
But she'll open up later in the game.
1-5
Okay this surgery is a little more different than the others,
which is good. A singer has polyps in his throat which affects
his voice, makes him cough up blood, etc. Anyway its up to you
to remove them. Open up his neck. You'll see his trachea.
He has a little blood collecting at the bottom. Zoom up on it.
(Select Scanner and draw circle around area)
Drain the blood from the area. You will see polyps on there now.
Use the laser and tap at em' till they are gone. Now then be
careful, if you use the laser for too long on the area, you
may hit tissueand cause bleeding. Which you will need
to drain the blood again. Now treat those little aftermarks with
anti-biotic gel. Don't let too many aftermarks stay open for long
or blood will accumulate which you will need to drain. Zoom out.
(Draw a little circle) Oh No! A hemmorage has appeared
on the top of trachea! Quick!To the area doctor on the double!
Do what you did before last time. Repeat this about four more
times. You will be done and you can close up the patient.
Another surgery under your belt or well
whatever...good job! Operation Successful.
1-6
Here have many multiple tumors in the intestine. Open up the patient.
You will notice many inflammed areas on the intestines. Inject Blue
Serem into each of the areas. After that search for tumors with the
scanner. Use the scapel to expose them. Drain fluid. Excise tumor,
apply protein, gel, apply pressure, repeat four times. Angie will tell
you his vitals are still dropping and ask you to continue scanning.
Repeat doing that. You will come up with nothing. You will zoom out,
close up the patient and finish the job. Operation Sucessful.
1-7
More story. I'll cover it more deeply later. You basically go out on
an errand although Angie,tells you something about the previous
patient and to check it out. You ignore her and tell her tommorw you
will. When you come back the hospital director Robert Hoffman will
confrontyou about this. Then Angie will totally PWN you by saying you
are negligent to your duties and that you should not be a doctor
and your aren't really one. You then go out to the town feeling
bad about yourself,thinking Angie is right, you overhear about
this guy talking aboutan accident and a guy flew out of the car
and you try to get him to a hospital quickly.
1-8
You are now operating on the victim of the crash. He is suffering
cardiae arrest and suffers many lacerations of the epithelium and
abdomenproblems. Angie freaks out because she can't recover a pulse.
Its up toyou to get him back to normal and calm down Angie.
You will see abar going up and down through the middle of his chest.
Follow it with Anti-Biotic gel and then when it goes ok!
Use your hands to massage his chest and get his pulse back up.
Just follow the bar going up and downuntil Angie says you have a pulse.
Stitch up the lacerations first andthen apply gel to the smaller cuts.
After that remove glass from chest and apply gel to small lacerations
left behind after each piece of glassis removed. Vitals may get
low by 2nd removal of glass so be sure to inject
a shot or two of vitals to get him back up. After that Angie will say
shethinks something is wrong with him since his vitals are dropping.
You shouldopen up his chest now. You will notice the guy's heart is
pumping with glass shards in it. Ok now carefully remove one and
close it with anti-biotic gel.Repeat for all shards.
Carefully,watch the vitals, they will get low and you may need to dope
him up to around 20. After you have removed all shards
and closed up the wounds with gel, relax....NO WAIT! DON'T his pulse is
dropping! Quick apply anti-biotic gel to heart and apply pressure to
heart! (follow bar up and down with hand until a pulse comes back)
YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD NEVER RELAX DURING AN OPERATION!
How unprofessional… what idiot told you that? :) Anyway you will
notice a large shard coming up from his heart, carefully remove it from
heart,drop in tray and stitch it up quickly. Phew..now we can relax,
...NO! what is happening to his heart! *Rrrriiip!* Ah!
A huge laceration in his heart! What are we goooiiinnngg tooo doooo...
Whoa time is slowing down. What was that star?
That my fellow surgeon is the healing touch.
But don't worry about it now. Seize the moment! Time is passing
around 3-5x slower than normal. Quickly stitch up his huge gash or
inject vitals first if needed before attempting to stitch him up.
Ok once your down we can relax.... NO WAIT! Just kidding!
Stitch him up, apply gel and bandage. We are finally down with this
operation! Phew....Operation Successful. Just to let you know the
healing touch is a power giving through greek god of medicine.
Time is really slowing down its just your moving so fast it seems
time is slowing down. But you move faster than the eye can
keep up with. You'll find out more on it later.
2-1 - End
Coming up in next version!
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Credits (S7) "Yes I give credit where it is due"
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I would like to start of by thanking myself for making this.
You for reading it.
Nintendo for raising me through my younger years through
its video-gamesand creating great games and new experiences.
Atlus for publishing this game for the U.S.(Which I doubted).
Um My Mom and Dad for being there and making me.
My friends for always being there. (Usually).
My dog Scottie, he 0wnz.
Burger-King, because it Pwnz McDonalds.
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Closing Statements "Read It Please" (S8)
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Uh thanks for reading this guys. I hoped I helped you out!
If I didn't notify me on the boards for TC: UTK, my username is
edgarbaez89. Uh I had a bit of fun making this, gave me a headache
though. I'm not done as of now. So more fun! Yeah!
Have fun with your Video Games!
"Stay Healthy, Strong, and Remember Be Happy!"
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CopyRight Information (S9) "Do you Read this?"
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