paramedic
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- noun
- /ˌpærəˈmɛdɪk/
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paramédico
- We have had a community paramedic meet a patient while in the hospital and plan for service follow-up.
on the South side of the South tower to start looking for the paramedics.
- on the South side of the South tower to start looking for the paramedics.
- So you became you one of your first jobs was working as a paramedic, is that right?
- And right then the sirens started to blare and I knew that there'd be paramedics there within minutes, that that people would come to help.
- She is a former police officer, paramedic and flight attendant and the creator of Passenger Shaming on Instagram.
- and seen what was going on and pulled straight over and the paramedics worked, worked on him straight away and then got him straight to the hospital.
- And, you know, so I walk in and the paramedic says we got a heart rate and I'm like, he's not dead yet.
- She was like any show that has paramedics on on set is a problem.
- And, and the girl from PETA said if the paramedics come, we're going to jail.
- Same to same crew, same exact people, same paramedics.
- So as the doctors coming through, the doctor and the paramedics, they're panicking.
- You know, we had, you know, we had some, you know, some, some doctors, you know, some nurse about a paramedic killed themselves.
- I keep joking about of eyelashes, pretending that she's died and I'm an ambience and I'm a paramedic.
Examples
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As we watch, a paramedic slams the rear doors, and the ambulance pulls away, red light flashing.
Fiction book (1994) -
When the car accident happened, the paramedic arrived quickly to provide medical help.
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Tell them to send a paramedic to the back.
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You do what the paramedic says.
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Call for a paramedic now!
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Do we have a paramedic?
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I have worked with this paramedic before, and I know that he is an experienced clinician.
Academic text (2010) -
Schulz and the man I assumed was a paramedic approached the body.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'm always interested in people in stressful occupations, and being a paramedic is about as stressful as I can imagine.
Fiction book (1999) -
D'Aleo explains life as a New York City paramedic after our country was brutally attacked.
Blog text (18)
Synonyms
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A person who gives medical care to injured soldiers on the battlefield
A trained medical worker who gives first aid at accident scenes
How Trained
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Paramedic comes from para- meaning 'beside' and medic meaning 'doctor' or 'medical', the same root you see in medical. So a paramedic is someone who works 'beside' doctors, giving quick medical care at the scene of an accident.