Associations to the word «Paramedic»

Wiktionary

PARAMEDIC, 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.
PARAMEDIC, noun. (US) An individual who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions in an emergency pre-hospital setting.

Dictionary definition

PARAMEDIC, noun. A person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats