Emergency Manual vs ebilityQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emergency Manual
This free medical app provides cognitive aids and checklists for 25 critical perioperative events. It serves as a drug dosing reference and includes crisis management tips for clinicians. Designed for self-study and real-time use during emergencies.
- Cognitive aids for 25 critical perioperative events
- Checklists for emergencies
- Drug dosing and concentration reference
- Crisis resource management tips
- Suitable for self-study
- Real-time cognitive aid during crises
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Despite best intentions, well-trained clinicians often miss known key steps during crises. This free perioperative Emergency Manual by the Stanford Anesthesia Cognitive Aid Program (SACAP) includes a set of cognitive aids and checklists for 25 critical perioperative events including cardiac arrest, bronchospasm, LAST, malignant hyperthermia, unanticipated difficult airway, and the rest of the key perioperative chief complaints. It includes crisis resource management tips, and serves as a drug dosing and concentration reference for relevant medications. The app can be used for self-study, and most importantly, as a cognitive aid during perioperative crises. The Emergency Manual has been used by thousands of anesthesiologists around the world, and is now available on the iPhone! Disclaimers: The material in this app is not intended to be a substitute for sound medical knowledge and training. Clinicians should always use their clinical judgment and decision making for patient management. Departure from the information presented here is encouraged as appropriate, since situations can vary widely.
ebilityQ
This app streamlines the capture of anesthesia quality measures at the point of care. Developed by medical professionals, it simplifies complex quality programs into easy-to-use mobile surveys, allowing teams to focus on patient care.
- Capture quality measures quickly
- Consistent and secure data logging
- Simplified perioperative quality programs
- Mobile-friendly surveys
- Focus on patient care, not paperwork
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Ebility Quality Survey helps anesthesia teams capture quality measures quickly, consistently, and securely at the point of care. Built by anesthesiologists and RCM experts, the app turns complex perioperative quality programs into simple, mobile-friendly surveys. Log required measures in seconds so you can focus on patients, not paperwork.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Emergency Manual at 12 against ebilityQ's 1. On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Emergency Manual against 5.0 for ebilityQ. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emergency Manual has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Emergency Manual | ebilityQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Robert Arrigo | Ebility, LLC |
Customer experience
Emergency Manual
ebilityQ
In-app purchases
Emergency Manual
No in-app purchases
ebilityQ
No in-app purchases
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