Shift tool

Animal Hospital Treatment Finder

Choose the symptom shown in-game to retrieve one of the ten documented basic treatment mappings — then read the treatment rules below, because in this game the item in your hand is a life-or-death variable.

SUPPLY CABINET

Choose the listed symptom

Full table

The ten basic mappings with farming notes

The screen above each admitted patient's bed names the illness; this table is the memory layer between reading the screen and reaching the shelf.

Confirm the live label after every update — new symptoms arrive between checks.

Symptom	Item	Note
Bruises	Medkit	Basic room-flow item; the wiki's treatment screen shows the item above each bed.
Fever	Thermometer	Read the screen label before grabbing; holding the wrong item kills the patient.
Flu	Cough Syrup	One of the ten basic mappings this site collected from the community reference.
Canadian / Low Sugar	Maple Syrup	The same item that calms the Bed Monster event; the event and the treatment are separate uses.
Headache	Medicine	Grab from the Supplies Shop wall while the room timer runs.
Stomach Ache	Herbs	Documented mapping; confirm the live label after updates.
Dried Eyes	Eyedrops	The wiki's eye-mass reports also mention eyedrops as the tool for that encounter.
Dehydration	IV Drops	Ambulance-event patients commonly need this mapping.
Rash	Ointment	Documented basic mapping; keep one in mind for multi-room shifts.
Bleeding	Bandages	Documented basic mapping; also the supply most ambulance runs restock first.

Source: Community reference collected by this site · Checked 2026-10-03

Kill rule

How patients actually die here

• Run diagnostics on the admitted patient; the screen above the bed names the illness.
• Give exactly the prescribed item. Community documentation is blunt: treating a patient while holding any other item kills them.
• The 'Treat From Inventory' perk has the same trap — if the prescribed item is not in your inventory, the patient dies.
• After treatment, move the patient to the recovery bed so the next check-in can start.
• Wrong-treatment kills also work on anomalies, which speedrunners use deliberately; do not try it on a patient you admitted by mistake without accepting the loss.

Flow

The treatment sequence

Admit the patient, walk them to a room bed, run diagnostics, read the screen above the bed, grab exactly the prescribed item from the Supplies Shop, treat, then move the patient to recovery. The loop repeats per patient, and the recovery bed turnaround is the throughput limit most farming runs underestimate.

Beyond prescriptions

Shop items, support gear, and prices

The cabinet holds more than treatments. These are the documented items with their costs — the resource planner turns the table into a buying order.

Item	Kind	Cost	Documented effect
Coffee	Sanity consumable	55 Animal Coins (from Shift 3)	The reception-office machine pays 15% Sanity across three sips; Barney's gift machine works the same way on a 300-second cooldown.
Chocolate Bar	Sanity consumable	120 Animal Coins or 29 Robux	Three bites restore 20% each, about 60% total — the densest documented Sanity item.
Run Fast Cola	Speed boost	75 Animal Coins or 19 Robux (vending machine)	A 30-second movement boost for event running.
Mint Tea	Sanity + interaction item	100 Animal Coins	Slow Sanity regen; added July 10, and the item Dr. Harlow's lobby conversation asks for.
Teddy Bear	Team revival	1,010 Animal Coins	Revives one downed teammate (not yourself) — the co-op insurance buy.
Fire Extinguisher	Defense tool	Free from the shelf right of the Supplies Shop (Shift 3+)	Defeats Hiders, reveals the Ghost, and cleans Slimebert slime.
Special Fire Extinguisher	Defense tool	Firefighter class starter	The July 25 Firefighter class carries a self-recharging version.
Taser	Defense tool	150 Animal Coins; free from Shift 4	Tasing an anomaly pays +2 Sanity; tasing a normal patient costs 15. Security at level 3 regenerates a five-use X-Taser.
Gun	Defense tool	99 Robux	Secret Agent starter; ammo was reduced from 30 to 20 in the July 10 update.
Deployable Camera	Surveillance	600 Animal Coins or Security class level 2	Watch a room's camera while you are elsewhere; added July 10.
Scanner	Detection	Secret Agent starter or shop	The July 10 detection item; community reports tie it to checking disguises.
Teddy upgrades / Wheelchair	Utility	Wheelchair: Shift 3 or skip the tutorial	Wheelchairs move collapse-risk patients; skipping the tutorial grants one early.

Source: Animal Hospital community wiki (Fandom) · Checked 2026-10-03

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What are the ten basic treatment mappings?

Bruises to Medkit, Fever to Thermometer, Flu to Cough Syrup, Canadian / Low Sugar to Maple Syrup, Headache to Medicine, Stomach Ache to Herbs, Dried Eyes to Eyedrops, Dehydration to IV Drops, Rash to Ointment, and Bleeding to Bandages — collected from the community reference and confirmable against the screen above each bed.

Why did my patient die during treatment?

The wiki's rule is blunt: treating a patient while holding any item other than the prescription kills them. The Treat From Inventory perk has the same trap when the prescribed item is missing from your inventory. Empty hand to the cabinet, prescribed item to the bed.

Is Maple Syrup only for Low Sugar patients?

No — the same item calms the Bed Monster event. The two uses never interact: a Low Sugar patient is an ordinary treatment, and the Bed Monster is a room event with its own marked interaction.

What item does an ambulance patient need?

Whatever the bed's diagnostic screen prescribes — community reports put IV Drops and Bandages at the top of surge prescriptions, which is why both are restocked first before the event.

The symptom I see is not listed. What now?

Follow the live screen's item label — updates add symptoms between checks, and the ten mappings here cover the documented basic set only. The screen above the bed is always the newest source.

Can I treat two patients at once?

The active-item rule makes it risky: whatever is in your hand when you interact with a patient must be their prescription. Finish one treatment and shelve the item before touching the next patient.