Documentation

Paramedic Master Guide docs

Everything you need to set up your workspace, add your community's content, and get the most out of the AI assistant. This is a living guide — more will be added over time.

Overview

Paramedic Master Guide is a local-first EMS reference and AI study platform for roleplay communities. It ships with a full built-in library of protocols, medications, and procedures, plus an AI assistant that answers from your own documents. It runs entirely on your server — nothing is sent to the cloud on the self-hosted plan.

First sign-in

Sign in with your account, then pick a guide to work in.

  • Sign in from the sign-in page.
  • Select Get started and you'll land on your guides — create a new guide for your community, or join an existing one with an invite link.
  • Once you're inside a guide, you're in the dashboard — the hub for search, the assistant, and every part of the library.
Tip: press Ctrl + K anywhere to search protocols, medications, procedures, and documents instantly.

Members & roles

Add your community from Settings → Account manager. There are two roles:

  • Administrator — can add and edit content, import documents, and run maintenance tools.
  • User — read-only access to the library and the AI assistant. Ideal for members.

The library

Protocols, medications, procedures, and guidelines are all cross-linked. A protocol lists the drugs it uses; each drug shows every protocol that references it. Links resolve automatically by name — add a new medication and it instantly connects to everything that mentions it.

Importing your protocols

On hosted plans you can bring your own SOPs. Upload a document under Documents, then run Analyze & review to turn it into structured protocols, medications, and procedures.

  • Supported files: PDF, DOCX, TXT, and Markdown.
  • Scanned or image-only PDFs are read automatically with built-in OCR.
  • Newly imported content auto-links to everything already in your library.

AI assistant

The assistant answers briefly and cites its sources — the exact protocol, medication, or document each answer came from. On the self-hosted plan it runs a local model on your hardware; hosted plans use a faster cloud model. Either way, if the AI is ever unreachable, the rest of the app keeps working.

The assistant is decision support for trained providers and roleplay — always follow your community's protocols and medical direction.

Self-hosting

The free plan runs on any Linux server with Docker. In short:

git clone your-repo && cd ParamedicMasterGuide cp .env.production.example .env   # set AUTH_SECRET and ADMIN_PASSWORD docker compose up -d --build

The app comes up on port 3000 and seeds its built-in content on first run. Put a reverse proxy (Caddy or nginx) in front for HTTPS. A full deployment guide ships in the repository.

FAQ

Is my data private?

On the self-hosted plan, yes — everything stays on your server and the AI runs locally, so no data leaves your machine.

Can I use it offline?

Yes. The self-hosted app is offline-first; structured content and search work without an internet connection.

Where do I get help?

Join the community for setup help and updates, or reach support on a paid plan.

Get started