EMS Guidebook vs EMS Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EMS Guidebook
This app provides a digital reference for emergency medical service protocols, replacing traditional physical guidebooks. It includes essential medical charts, guidelines, and rhythm examples, with agency-specific protocols accessible via password.
- Digital EMS agency protocols
- Replacement for physical guidebooks
- Pediatric vital signs charts
- Burn and c-spine clearance guides
- Cardiac rhythm examples
- AHA guidelines
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EMS Guidebook allows the user to view the medical protocols of specific EMS agencies. This guidebook is meant to be a replacement of the traditional flip book guides that EMTs and Paramedics carry for reference on emergency calls. The specific agencies protocols require passwords to download. Those passwords are available from the agency's Training Officer. The Generic Protocols are available without a password. As part of the base program, each set of protocols contain references such as pediatric vital signs, burn references, c-spine clearance charts, 12-lead guidelines, American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, START and JumpSTART triage guides. There are also guides to several common cardiac rhythms with examples. If you wish to have your protocols put into this system contact us through the app
EMS Pro
This medical app provides emergency medical service providers with clinical decision support, calculators, and communication tools. It offers quick access to pre-hospital protocols, drug information, and hospital routing, replacing traditional printed reference materials.
- Pre-hospital protocols (ALS, BLS, CCT, AEMT)
- Clinical calculators
- Burn triage tools
- Drug reference information
- GPS routing to hospitals
- Pennsylvania hospital directory
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Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is proud to offer the EMS PRO app. The app was developed by LVHN's Division of EMS to provide clinical decision support, calculators, and communication tools for EMS providers in the field. EMS PRO is a useful tool while providing patient assessment, treatment, and transport and replaces the traditional printed reference materials that EMTs and Paramedics carry. EMS PRO enables providers to have quick and easy access to: -Pre-hospital ALS, BLS, CCT and AEMT protocols and calculators -Burn triage tools -Drug reference information -GPS integration with your phone for easy routing to Lehigh Valley Health Network hospitals -Listing of Pennsylvania hospitals and addresses
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: EMS Pro at 80% against EMS Guidebook's 33%. EMS Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). EMS Guidebook's advantage is ratings volume (90 vs 5) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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. EMS Guidebook sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. EMS Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
EMS Guidebook holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EMS Guidebook has 90 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of EMS Guidebook's written reviews are positive against 80% of EMS Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
EMS Guidebook ships an update every 6 months, EMS Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EMS Guidebook | EMS Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (90 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 90 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Larry Owens | Lehigh Valley Health Network |
Customer experience
EMS Guidebook
EMS Pro
In-app purchases
EMS Guidebook
- 2009 Utah EMS for Children Off-Line Protocols$1.99
- District 2B Protocols$2.99
- 2009 West Virginia EMT Basic Protocols$3.99
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- 2012 North Carolina EMS Protocols$4.99
- 2009 North Carolina EMS Protocols$4.99
- 2010 Hawaii EMS Standing Orders$4.99
- 2011-2013 St John New Zealand Protocols$4.99
EMS Pro
No in-app purchases
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