ProtoQuiz 2.0: Significant Upgrades Across the Board

After three months of rebuilding core systems from the ground up, ProtoQuiz 2.0 is here. This is the biggest update since launch, with meaningful improvements to extraction quality, scenario generation, and overall reliability.

We're not just building a study app. We're trying to change the way EMS education works—making protocol mastery accessible, affordable, and actually effective for everyone from students to seasoned providers.

What's New in 2.0

The Extraction Problem (And How We Fixed It)

Let's be honest about v1.x: extraction was inconsistent. Some protocols worked perfectly. Others failed spectacularly. Users uploaded their PDFs hoping for quizzes, and too often got errors or incomplete medication lists. That wasn't acceptable.

Version 2.0 changes this significantly. We rebuilt the extraction pipeline from scratch. Upload time dropped from 2-3 minutes to around 80 seconds. Quality improved across the board. And most importantly—it works for the vast majority of protocols.

What Still Doesn't Work (And Why)

I'm not going to pretend we've solved everything:

• Short formularies (1-2 pages): Compact reference cards don't provide enough context for accurate extraction.
• Table of contents pages: Pages listing dozens of medications without actual dosing data get filtered out intentionally.
• Highly non-standard formats: Unusual layouts or unconventional terminology may still cause issues.

But for standard full-length protocols—it works. Upload your PDF, wait 80 seconds, and you get accurate medication data with page citations.

Scenarios Are Now Available to Everyone

Version 2.0 makes scenarios available to all users with a daily limit:

• Scenarios: 1 per day

Why the limit? Scenario generation uses cutting-edge AI and isn't cheap to run. At our current scale, unlimited scenarios for everyone would be unsustainable. One per day gives everyone meaningful access while keeping the lights on.

What everyone gets:

• Unlimited pharmacology quizzes
• Learn Mode with spaced repetition
• 1 algorithm quiz per day
• 1 scenario per day
• All extractions with page citations

The app is fully free, supported by ads. If you'd rather study without ads, the optional ad-free upgrade simply removes them—no features locked behind it.

Better Scenarios

Scenario quality improved significantly in v2.0. Users report scenarios that are more accurate, more realistic, and actually feel like protocol-based calls. Scenarios now also include a dispatch screen with initial call information—see below.

The Mission

EMS education is stuck in the past. Students use generic NREMT study apps that don't match their local protocols, spend hours making their own flashcards from PDFs, or resort to rote memorization.

ProtoQuiz exists to fix that. Protocol-specific quizzes. Page citations for everything. Scenarios based on your actual treatment algorithms. Accessible pricing that doesn't lock students out.

Version 2.0 is a major step toward that vision. It's significantly more reliable, more accurate, and more useful than what we shipped in November.

If you tried ProtoQuiz in v1.x and it failed on your protocol, try again. Re-upload. Give the new system a shot.

And if it still doesn't work? Let me know. I read every piece of feedback. File a bug report in the app, shoot me an email, drop a comment below. ProtoQuiz gets better because users tell me what's broken.

What's Next

ProtoQuiz for Agencies (B2B): We're in early stages of building a centralized training system for EMS departments. Help your providers master your agency's protocols, streamline onboarding, reduce medication errors, and track competency across your team. If you're an agency interested in testing, reach out.

Otherwise, I'm focused on making sure v2.0 onward is stable, reliable, and genuinely useful for the 500+ EMS providers already using it.