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as in EMT
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Recent Examples of paramedic
Part of the Washington County community’s first significant wave of youth lacrosse players and a 2010 graduate of its high school, the critical care paramedic apprenticed as an assistant at his alma mater and is now the team’s sixth-year head coach.
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Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
11 June 2026
Fortunately, Broderick Espinoza, an off-duty firefighter and paramedic for Broward Sheriff's Fire Rescue, was in the water with his sister-in-law, the outlets reported.
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Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died after Aurora police put him in a neck hold and a paramedic injected him with an overdose of sedative ketamine.
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Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Warner said that Cichuniec had to make a quick decision the night of the arrest as the highest-ranking paramedic at the scene.
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Mead Gruver,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
11 June 2026
Fortunately, Broderick Espinoza, an off-duty firefighter and paramedic for Broward Sheriff's Fire Rescue, was in the water with his sister-in-law, the outlets reported.
—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died after Aurora police put him in a neck hold and a paramedic injected him with an overdose of sedative ketamine.
—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Warner said that Cichuniec had to make a quick decision the night of the arrest as the highest-ranking paramedic at the scene.
—
Mead Gruver,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paramedic
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An off-duty EMT and other spectators helped emergency workers save a man at the Knicks parade on June 19, 2026.
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Simply put, the Freedom House training set the stage for the national standard of EMT training still in use today.
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Rodríguez also said the country’s entire public and private healthcare network had been activated to treat the injured, urging doctors, nurses and other medical personnel to report immediately to their workplaces.
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Hours after the crash, some passengers sat on bleachers and others at tables across from one another, as police, nurses and paramedics moved about.
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“Paramedic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramedic. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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