AHS EMS vs HIE Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AHS EMS
Access essential Alberta Health Services Medical Control Protocols for pre-hospital emergency medical providers. Includes adult and pediatric algorithms, reference materials, and pharmacology information.
- Alberta Health Services Protocols
- Medical Control
- Medical First Response
- Incident Response
- Adult and pediatric algorithms
- Reference material
- Pharmacology information
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The Alberta Emergency Medical Services Medical Control Protocols app for iOS devices provides emergency medical providers access to easy-to-use Alberta Health Services Protocols (Medical Control, Medical First Response, Incident Response and Critical Care Medical Control) specifically designed for use in the pre-hospital environment. This app includes adult and pediatric algorithms as well as necessary reference material and pharmacology information, including infusion charts, resource information, and provincial contacts. This app provides government-related information (from Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services at https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/ems/ems.aspx) that is generated and published from AHSEMS.com (https://www.ahsems.com). App information is also publicly available at https://protocols.ahsems.com.
HIE Calculator
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The purpose of this Application is to make cooling criteria more accessible and easy to use. It DOES NOT replace clinical judgement and assessment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HIE Calculator at monthly against AHS EMS's every 11 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AHS EMS ships an update every 11 months, HIE Calculator monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AHS EMS | HIE Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 34.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Essential Talk Network Incorporated | khorshid mohammad |
Bugs and requests
AHS EMS
Reported bugs
28 issues- Does not allow access if phone does not have reception
- Protocols just come up as “not found.”
- Very glitchy on IOS, requires multiple restarts to return to the main menu. Menu bars disappear once zoomed in or scrolled and don’t always reappear.
- Formatting of some protocol/med pages are warped as if an image has been inserted into the page but incorrectly sized.
- Updates will not download to be able to get in
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- App is no longer working for iPhone
- Won’t update, just freezes
- Seems to be stuck on the download update page.
- App is broken, won’t update
- Landscape mode on IPAD is not supported
- Needs an in-app update every time you open it
- Order of the protocols for the different disciplines has randomized since the last time you opened it
- Formatting is terrible once you can open a protocol. You have to zoom in to read anything
- Permanently stuck on downloading. If you leave the app it says no connection to internet and closes. Completely broken.
- Cannot download any content - fully not functional.
- Cannot download updates, or are delayed in downloading them- you can’t skip it. It just tells you “no public protocols are available.”
- App not updating and missing large sections
- Randomly stopped working on my iPhone, tried to delete it and redownload, still doesn’t work.
- After the app opens there is nothing but a white screen!
- Newest update has to be downloaded over and over, won't save to work without Internet connection.
- Requires you to download it every time you open the app.
- If you need to close the app to use the phone during a mission, all the information is gone.
- Why do I have to download the CCP guidelines everytime I open the app??
- When you down load the app on your i phone it does not allow me to see the whole protocol, The words are cut short on the right hand side.
- Portrait mode does not work for Drug section.
- Not working on iOS 7 . App won't even open. seems to work if updated over the air update but from new install, it crashes.
- Nothing comes up for this up, just null. I've got an iPhone 4.
- When I open the app everything comes up as (null). Not sure if its compatible with iPhone 5.
Requested features
9 requests- Allow offline access to downloaded content
- Improve iPad optimization for landscape mode
- Fix update download issues
- Ensure protocols are not randomized after updates
- Improve formatting for readability and protocol switching
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- Allow users to skip updates if needed
- Bring back the old version of the app
- Add protocols for dehydration, metabolic/respiratory acidosis
- Keep the app updated with protocol changes
HIE Calculator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AHS EMS
No in-app purchases
HIE Calculator
No in-app purchases
