yowzer
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No axe to grind here, but the answer would be that you can give YOURSELF meds, not somebody else under your auspices as a professional. And even giving them to yourself, if you have comorbidities the formal advice would be to "consult your physician" first.
In other words, in some way or another, a professional capable of assessing the risks and benefits ought to be involved if you're not a healthy and vim young buck.
Patient: Can I have some tylenol?
EMT: Are you allergic? When was the last time you had any?
*places a single-dose package where the patient can pick it up*
Want some water to wash that down?
*document patient self-administered XXXmg of whatever*
This is a very common scenario when it comes to things like first aid stands at events, often staffed by people with even less training than us clueless EMTs.