Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals.
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- noun An individual trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions, victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and preparing them for transport to a medical facility.
- noun US An individual who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions in an emergency pre-hospital setting.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment
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Examples
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If the paramedic is there I know I can do something to make a difference rather than being way out of my depth.
Dead Road Seven « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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And the paramedic is only beginning to try to snake a tube toward the lungs.
USATODAY.com 2005
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Still, when Emily wanted to call a paramedic, I pressed Adrian for the same thing.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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Still, when Emily wanted to call a paramedic, I pressed Adrian for the same thing.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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Still, when Emily wanted to call a paramedic, I pressed Adrian for the same thing.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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My coworker had already called the paramedic so all I felt like I could do was stand there and watch him suffer.
The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Death BikeSnobNYC 2008
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If you say "Tito Puente's Oye Como Va" really fast and loud, you'd swear you'd need to call a paramedic after you say it.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2004
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In the presence of Lawton, Seiler, a court stenographer, and the paramedic, the judge summoned each of the jurors individually and asked them under oath if they had called a paramedic in the middle of the night to discuss the case.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Berendt, John 1994
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In the presence of Lawton, Seiler, a court stenographer, and the paramedic, the judge summoned each of the jurors individually and asked them under oath if they had called a paramedic in the middle of the night to discuss the case.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Berendt, John 1994
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The paramedic was the seventh witness called at a preliminary hearing after which a judge will decide if there is enough evidence for Murray to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter.
USATODAY.com News 2011
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