EMS protocol reference · offline-first

The protocols in every medic's pocket — even with no signal.

Medic Field Guide puts your system's complete protocol set and a deterministic, weight-based drug calculator on the device in a medic's hand — fast, searchable, and fully usable in airplane mode. It's a reference tool, not a medical device. The medic always verifies against the protocol.

Status
● Live in the field
Connectivity
Offline-first
Dose math
Deterministic
01 — The Problem

What the job really demands

Split-second decisions, made with the wrong tools.

A medic on a call has minutes — sometimes seconds — to find the right protocol and the right dose. Often in a basement, a stairwell, or a stretch of highway with no signal. The tools haven't kept up.

And the "obvious" fix — pipe everything to a cloud AI — quietly creates a new problem: transmitting patient identifiers off the truck. The right answer can't trade speed for privacy.

01

Laminated cards

Out of date the moment protocols change. Hard to search under pressure, easy to grab the wrong one.

02

Static PDFs

Hundreds of pages, no search worth using on a phone, pinch-zooming a dosing table at 3 a.m.

03

Generic apps

National averages, not your system's protocols. The medic still does the drug math by hand.

04

Dead zones

The one place a connected app fails is exactly where the call is. No signal, no tool.

02 — What it is
Medic Field Guide

Your system's protocols, in your medic's pocket — signal or not.

One field reference, built around a single EMS system's own protocols. Fast where it counts, deterministic where it has to be, and fully usable with the phone in airplane mode. It removes the friction that leads to errors under pressure — but it's a reference tool, not a medical device, and the medic always verifies against the protocol.

Your complete protocol set

Authored from your system's own Standing Medical Orders — not a national generic set. Your protocols, your wording.

Per-system · your SMOs

Weight-based drug calculator

Deterministic dosing with built-in dose limits and warnings. Plain, testable code does the math — the same way every time.

Dose limits · warnings

Instant search

Type a few letters, get the protocol. Designed for one hand, gloves on, in a moving truck.

Built for the field

Offline-first

The whole reference lives on the device. No signal required — it works on every call, even with no bars.

No network needed

Installable PWA

Adds to the home screen like a native app on iPhone, Android, Windows, and Mac. No app-store gatekeeping; updates reach crews instantly.

iOS · Android · Windows · macOS

Fast where it counts

Light, quick, and dark-mode ready for night shifts. Tuned to the realities of a working unit.

Dark mode · low-light
Protocols
Searchable · categorized
Offline-proven
Signature proof
Drug calc
Deterministic · limits

Screens are placeholders for real captures — illustrative only, not a live reading.

03 — Privacy-by-design AI

A navigator, not a decision-maker

A navigator that never sees the patient.

An optional AI navigator interprets a spoken or typed field query — "peds epi for a 12-kilo patient" — and routes the medic straight to the right protocol and calculator, with parameters pre-filled. It points the way. It never does the math, and it never makes the call.

  • Identifiers stripped on-device. Patient-identifying patterns are removed before any inference runs.
  • Nothing leaves the edge. Inference runs on self-hosted hardware. No patient data is sent to any cloud.
  • Deterministic code does all dose math. Never the model. The AI navigates; plain, testable code calculates.
  • Designed to never receive patient data. So no HIPAA Business Associate Agreement is required — by design, not just by encryption.
QUERY ROUTING On-prem
1
Field query
Medic speaks or types: "peds epi for 12 kg."
Input
2
On-device shaping
Identifiers stripped before anything is sent anywhere.
Data removed
3
Edge inference
Self-hosted model interprets intent — on local hardware.
Stays on-prem
4
Routed + pre-filled
Right protocol opens; calculator pre-filled with weight.
Code does math
5
Medic verifies
The medic confirms against the protocol. Always.
Human-checked
04 — Built by the field

Built by a Firefighter/Paramedic

Designed on the truck, proven on the call.

Medic Field Guide isn't a spec written by an outside vendor — it's shaped by someone who works the field, has carried the bag on shift, and felt exactly where the old tools fail.

It's in a live field-test pilot with real crews on real calls — early-stage and honest about it. The people relying on it are paramedics, not a focus group.

Live field-test pilot Real crews, real calls Illinois · founded 2026
Field status
● LIVE
In use on real calls, in an active pilot.
Protocols
Yours
Built from your system's own SMOs.
Connectivity
0 bars
Offline-proven — works with no signal.
Patient data sent
NONE
Designed to never receive it.
05 — How licensing works

One system, one license, everyone covered

Licensed to the EMS system that owns the protocols.

Medic Field Guide is licensed per EMS System — the hospital-based system that authors and owns the protocols. One license covers every member agency and the hospital ECRN team, so the whole system reads from the same page.

What a system license covers Per EMS System · all included
Scope A

The EMS system

The hospital-based system that owns the protocol set — with your own subdomain, branding, and Standing Medical Orders.

Scope B

Every member agency

All agencies operating under the system are included — each with their own logins and look.

Scope C

The hospital ECRN team

The receiving hospital's ECRN nurses read from the same protocols the crews carry in the field.

Custom protocol authoring, branding, and onboarding are part of standing it up. Pricing is a conversation, not a price tag — it depends on your system.

Talk about your system

Talk to us about your system.

If you run or advise an EMS system and want your protocols in your medics' hands — online or off — we'd like to hear from you. No pressure, no sales script.