Crossword clues for paramedic
paramedic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"medical technician," 1970, back-formation from paramedical. The meaning "medical corpsman who parachutes" is 1951 from para(chute) + medic.
Wiktionary
n. 1 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. 2 (context US English) An individual who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions in an emergency pre-hospital setting.
WordNet
n. a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment [syn: paramedical]
Wikipedia
A paramedic is a healthcare professional, predominantly in the pre-hospital and out-of-hospital environment, and working mainly as part of emergency medical services (EMS), such as on an ambulance. The scope of practice of a paramedic will vary between countries, but generally includes autonomous decision making around the emergency care of patients. In some countries Paramedic is a protected title and accountable to a professional regulatory body.
Usage examples of "paramedic".
Two paramedics the twins, Rae noticed and the emergency room nurse, Sylvia Height, flanked an ambulance gurney.
But how would the nurses know what the paramedics did inside the ambulance once it left the Birth Center?
If the paramedics were the ones injecting the oxytocin and they did not inject it in the ambulance, when and where did they inject it?
And thus the paramedic and the copter pilot flew her away to the hospital at Las Cruces, and she missed the arrival of an SUV occupied by Drug Enforcement Agents, and the resulting dispute over which of the agencies had jurisdiction, which was eventually resolved by the arrival of someone representing Homeland Security, who declared himself in charge of the FBI, the DEA, the Border Patrol, the Department of Land Management, and the Navajo Tribal Police.
Being Finnish and with suicide being so common in that country that they teach antidote administration at junior school, she immediately knocked the bottle out of his hand and poured bottle after bottle of Evian down him till the paramedics came.
Paramedics and IT people had the same falloff, though their decline began several weeks later.
Howse was on the ground with a local paramedic bent over him when Glasser, who may have been last in but was also last out, came through the gate.
We touched down on the landing pad atop the building and were met by Matt Gregoire and three armed paramedics.
I also learned that Lija, having completed a BA in sociology at the University of Georgia, was working in Charlotte as a paramedic.
The paramedics had suddenly stopped pushing the gurney, as if they thought that was what Rae wanted them to do.
She directed the paramedics to push the gurney to an empty spot just past the door.
Perhaps an interview with the paramedics would help her figure out what had really happened to Nola Payne and Meredith Bey.
But what could the paramedics know that would explain what happened to Nola and Meredith?
If Sam knew those paramedics, perhaps she could get him to help her with her inquiry.
Neither Freda nor Jenny said anything about the paramedics changing IV bags.