paramedic
noun
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The History of Paramedic
In ground warfare, wounded troops must usually be transported from the front lines back to field hospitals, and trained paramedical personnel—that is, nondoctors, usually known as medics or corpsmen—were first widely used in such situations. It took many decades for the wartime model to be applied effectively to ordinary peacetime medicine. With advances in medical technology (such as defibrillators, for restarting a heart after a heart attack), paramedics became an essential part of emergency medicine, and today hundreds of thousands of people owe their lives to paramedics. Paraprofessionals who work only in hospitals and clinics usually go by other titles.
Examples of paramedic in a Sentence
Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
At one point, Buckshot asks for someone to call an ambulance, with a bystander informing him that paramedics were on their way to the scene.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Abiad spoke on the same day that the Lebanese Red Cross announced that four of its paramedics working to evacuate people from the south were wounded in an Israeli strike, which killed a Lebanese Army soldier who was accompanying the convoy.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
United said the flight landed on time and was met by paramedics and law enforcement at the gate.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Paramedic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paramedic. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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paramedic
noun
from para- "alongside of, associated with in a secondary or assisting role" and medic "a person trained in or studying medical work"; para- derived from Greek para "beside, alongside of" and medic from Latin medicus "physician"
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paramedic
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