paramedic
para·med·ic
noun \ˌpar-ə-ˈmed-ik\Definition of PARAMEDIC
1
: a person who works in a health field in an auxiliary capacity to a physician (as by giving injections and taking X-rays)
2
: a specially trained medical technician certified to provide a wide range of emergency medical services (as defibrillation and the intravenous administration of drugs) before or during transport to the hospital—compare emt
Variants of PARAMEDIC
para·med·ic also para·med·i·cal \-i-kəl\
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