BEARAMEDICS
Study Materials

Tests, guides, and manuals

Everything here started as training for paramedic interns. The Master Class Field Guide and the G.O.L.D. Standard are both in print on Amazon and free as PDFs. The field cards and the tests are free to download below. You can also take every test online and get scored on the spot, with the reasoning behind each answer. Answer keys for the printed tests are sent on request.

Cover of The Master Class Field Guide: Everything You Carry, In One Book
Now on Amazon · Bearamedics Field Guide

The Master Class Field Guide

Everything you carry, in one book. County protocols, formulary, field cards, education, and documentation in a single volume for EMS providers.

  • On the call: field cards, protocols, procedures, and the drug sheets
  • Between calls: education cards, home medications, and the G.O.L.D. Standard
Paperback on Amazon Hardcover on Amazon Free PDF on Google Drive Ask the Field Guide

Ask the Field Guide opens a Google NotebookLM notebook built on the book. It is an AI study aid and needs a Google account. Verify answers against current protocols.

Cover of The G.O.L.D. Standard: A Field Guide to Defensible PCR Documentation
Now on Amazon · Bearamedics Field Guide

The G.O.L.D. Standard

A field guide to defensible PCR documentation. Gather, Observe, Link, Do and Document, built to the standard of SLOEMSA Policy #124 for paramedics, EMTs, and interns.

  • 911 Emergency Response: scene response, liability-conscious language, and documentation practices
  • BLS Interfacility Transport: medical necessity, the PCS, DNR and POLST, and signatures
Get it on Amazon Free PDF
Free PDF · 10 cards · 22 pages

Bearamedics Field Reference Cards

Field differentials, crew task flows, and ECG recognition. Ten two-sided cards from chest pain and respiratory distress through the 12-lead speed read and ECG zebras, with the G.O.L.D. Standard quick reference on the back cover.

Free PDF · 10 cards · 22 pages

Bearamedics Field Education Cards

The why behind the field cards, for study between calls. Strokes, capnography, toxidromes, diabetic emergencies, heart failure and CPAP, dialysis and LVADs, burns, pediatrics, heat and cold, and bites and stings.

Online or PDF · 5 tests · 125 questions

Bearamedics Protocol Tests

Airway and Respiratory, Cardiac and Arrest, Medical, Trauma with Environmental and OB/Peds, and Formulary. Built on San Luis Obispo County EMS protocols, weighted toward ALS.

Online or PDF · 45 questions · real strips

Bearamedics EKG Test

Rhythm identification, strip plus clinical context to treatment, and integrated field scenarios. Answer key available on request.

Online or PDF · handout · 40 question quiz

Common Home Meds and Classes

About 30 drug classes with brand and generic names, plus why each one matters when you find it on a patient's kitchen counter.

Manual · in progress

Deep Dive: Cardiology

The Plumbing, The Cell, The Wiring, Reading the Wiring, Rhythms, When It Breaks, and The Drug Box. For any first responder, any license level.