Saving Pennjamin

Control Video Games With Your Mind

Saving Pennjamin is a mind therapy game that helps children reduce anxiety, stress, and tension to prevent the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while admitted in the hospital intensive care unit.

Safe Health Wearable

The game uses the Muse headband to safely detect naturally occuring electrical frequencies in the mind using electroencephalography (EEG) sensors.

Engaging For Children

Children use their mind to control Pennjamin's movements and win challenges through mindfulness. Help parents calm their anxious children and those around the ICU.

Evidence Based Care

Saving Pennjamin helps clinicians track pediatric health improvements over traditional methods such as balloons and toys, increasing quality of care.

Saving Pennjamin, and Children

When children are admitted in the ICU, they are often scared, disorientated, and nervous.

PTSD can occur after the unexpected or violent death of a family member or close friend. Studies show that PTSD occurs in 1%-14% of the population. It can be diagnosed at at any age, and can occur as a sudden, short-term response or develop gradually and become chronic or persistent. The most common symptoms of PTSD include reexperiencing the trauma (nightmares, intrusive recollections, flashbacks, traumatic play) and avoidance of memories that remind the child of the traumatic event.

Saving Pennjamin started as a project from our passions in health, community, and the belief that everyone, including children, deserves to achieve their maximum health.

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