Comparison

Emergency Manual vs SRNA Buddy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Read full description

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.

About

SRNA Buddy

Features
Read full description

SRNA Buddy is the daily companion built for student nurse anesthetists — and it's better with your cohort. Pool what you each learn about the providers and clinical sites you rotate through, so nobody walks into a room cold. SHARED WITH YOUR COHORT - Keep notes on the CRNAs, surgeons, and anesthesiologists you work with — preferences, quirks, and workflow - Build survival guides for each clinical site: parking, badge access, where to scrub in, who to find - Learn from the classmates who rotated before you — and pass it forward to the ones coming next - No cohort yet? Start solo and invite your class anytime WALK IN READY - Set tomorrow's lineup, then tap any room to pull up the plan and your cohort's notes before you scrub in - Build a library of anesthetic plan templates you can fork and make your own - Keep airway, block, and case notes together in one place TRACK YOUR CASES - Log a case in seconds — each one is automatically sorted into your requirement categories - Watch your progress bars move against targets you set to match your program's COA minimums - Add your own custom requirements, and set your graduation countdown MOVE CASES OVER, FASTER - Copy any case as a clean, formatted block — date, procedure, anesthesia type, ASA, time, specialty, preceptor, site, and more - Paste it into Typhon, Medatrax, or whatever system your program uses, instead of hunting through your notes KNOW YOUR NUMBERS - Break your cases down by type, specialty, and anesthetic to spot gaps early - See at a glance where you stand and what's left before graduation PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No ads, no trackers, no selling your data - Your logs and notes are yours Whether you're a first-year finding your footing or counting down to boards, SRNA Buddy keeps your cohort, your cases, and your prep in one place — so you can focus on becoming the CRNA you're training to be. SRNA Buddy is a personal logging and study companion. Please don't enter protected health information (PHI). Your case counts and targets are for your own tracking and don't replace your program's official records.

Screenshots

Emergency Manual4 screens
SRNA Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

Emergency Manual and SRNA Buddy are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Emergency Manual versus SRNA Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmergency ManualSRNA Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB5 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperRobert ArrigoNurse Dojo LLC

In-app purchases

None

Emergency Manual

No in-app purchases

None

SRNA Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Emergency Manual free?
Emergency Manual is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SRNA Buddy free?
SRNA Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Emergency Manual or SRNA Buddy have ads?
Neither Emergency Manual nor SRNA Buddy shows ads.

Other comparisons