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      <title><![CDATA[Most States Still Do Not Call EMS an Essential Service]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Nineteen states and the District of Columbia now use the word in law, but it rarely comes with a duty or a budget, and Medicare still pays only when a patient is moved.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Which Agencies Are a Good Fit for ProtoQuiz]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Training that fits the shift, faster onboarding, and a feedback loop on whether it is working. See if ProtoQuiz for Agencies is built for your agency.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-10-05-which-agencies-are-a-good-fit-for-protoquiz</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ProtoQuiz Is Now on Android]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Study your own EMS protocol on Android: upload the PDF, get quizzes built from it, with every answer tied to its page. Seven days of full Premium to start.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-09-24-protoquiz-is-on-android</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[September Update: No Ads, Home Meds, and What You Asked For]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ProtoQuiz has no ads: a free week of Premium, then a free tier. Home Meds arrives in 2.6.4. And what 33 of you told us about checking protocols on a call.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-09-23-september-update-no-ads-home-meds</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ProtoQuiz Is THE Tool for Paramedic Students]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[During paramedic school you have to learn a full protocol set for the service you ride with - all the pharmacology, all the protocols - and it is always different from the NREMT material. ProtoQuiz drills that protocol: pharmacology, algorithms and scenarios, built from the document itself.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-09-22-paramedic-school-protocols-field-internship</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study Your Medications with AI]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Version 2.6.2: new accounts get seven days of full Premium with no card, Med Mastery hard mode grades what you type against your own protocol with partial credit, algorithm quizzes are weighted to your certification level and cite the right protocol page far more often, and scenarios draw a genuinely different topic each time.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-09-17-med-mastery-grading-and-your-first-week-free</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ProtoQuiz for Agencies, Rebuilt: Your Protocol In, One Quiz per Shift Out]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The agency side of ProtoQuiz has been rebuilt: new look, new structure, and a written clinical standard behind every question. Your organization sends the protocol, we build and verify the question bank from it, and your crews get one short quiz per shift - page-cited to your own document and scoped by certification level.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-08-18-protoquiz-for-agencies-built-from-your-protocol</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Medicine Mode Is Live: A Living Textbook for EMS]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Medicine Mode is live in ProtoQuiz: 742 evidence-cited topics covering the pathophysiology, the research, and the hospital course behind what we do on the truck. A living textbook for EMS - nothing else like it exists.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-08-05-medicine-mode-is-live-a-living-textbook-for-ems</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ProtoQuiz Update: NREMT Prep Is Now Included - and It's Free]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ProtoQuiz now has a full NREMT prep section: 1,700+ questions, per-option rationales, a readiness dashboard, and an adaptive exam simulator. Everything the paid apps charge for - free. Plus a look at Medicine Mode, coming next.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-06-24-nremt-prep-is-live-and-its-free</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[We Compared 53 EMS Protocols From Across the Country. This Is What We Found.]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A survey of 53 real EMS protocol documents that working providers uploaded to ProtoQuiz to study their own agency's rules, spanning 30 states and regions: drugs, algorithms, procedures, scope of practice, system policies, and outliers. Every standout is page-cited and adversarially verified.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-06-14-what-stands-out-across-53-ems-protocols</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why We Made ProtoQuiz Fully Free]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Why we dropped daily limits in April. Since then the free tier has become 3 per day of each generated feature, with no ads.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-04-22-why-we-made-protoquiz-fully-free</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Study EMS Protocols: A Practical Guide for Medics]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A practical EMS protocol study guide covering active recall, spaced repetition, and scenario-based practice. Stop re-reading PDFs and start retaining what matters.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-03-24-how-to-study-ems-protocols-effectively</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spaced Repetition for EMS: How to Remember Protocols Long-Term]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Learn how spaced repetition and the SM-2 algorithm help EMS providers retain medication dosing, contraindications, and treatment algorithms between shifts.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-03-20-spaced-repetition-for-ems-providers</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EMS Pharmacology Study Guide: How to Actually Remember Your Drug Box]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A practical EMS pharmacology study guide covering how to organize, memorize, and quiz yourself on dozens of EMS medications. Includes the 9 things you need to know about every drug and real examples like Adenosine and Ketamine.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-03-15-ems-pharmacology-study-guide</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EMS Training Compliance: What Training Officers Actually Need]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Most EMS agencies track training in spreadsheets or not at all. Here is what training officers actually need for compliance: per-provider analytics, mandatory assignments, audit-ready exports, and proactive gap identification.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-03-10-ems-training-compliance-what-training-officers-need</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ProtoQuiz 2.0: Significant Upgrades Across the Board]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The biggest update since launch, with meaningful improvements to extraction quality, scenario generation, and overall reliability.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2026-02-24-protoquiz-2-0-significant-upgrades-across-the-board</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ProtoQuiz's First Month: From Uploads to Algorithm Quizzes]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A look at ProtoQuiz's first month, the challenges faced, the progress made, and the valuable community feedback that's shaping its future.]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2025-12-10-protoquizs-first-month-rocky-start-real-progress-and-community-feedback</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Master Your EMS Protocols with ProtoQuiz]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juggling multiple EMS agencies? ProtoQuiz makes learning and retaining different protocols easy. Upload your PDF and start quizzing!]]></description>
      <link>https://protoquiz.com/blog/posts/2025-11-22-introducing-protoquiz</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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