paramedic

variants also paramedical
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Recent Examples of paramedic Now, researchers at the University of Queensland in collaboration with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have taken the idea even further and turned cockroaches into … paraborgs – paramedic cyborgs. Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026 Engine 39’s three-person crew includes a paramedic and can also staff a wildland fire engine, giving the department additional capacity to respond to wildfires near open and undeveloped land along the city’s eastern and southern flanks, Lawlor said. Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The ministry said that another strike on a car in the village killed a paramedic with the Lebanese Islamic Risala Scout Association and wounded two others. ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 The woman who is accused of killing a Kansas City Fire Department firefighter-paramedic inside an ambulance is set to undergo a mental competency examination. Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for paramedic
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Noun
  • Vlasac is also charged with one count of resisting an officer with violence and one count of battery on an officer, firefighter or EMT, according to online jail records.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
  • So, when the FDNY counted its dead – which also included an EMT, paramedic and chaplain – the 27-year-old was left out.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Tauscha went back to school when Tucker was young to become an emergency room trauma nurse working late nights.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Many nurses and union officials said strengthening the law is essential and that the law’s language is unclear, leaving it open to different interpretations.
    Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

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“Paramedic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramedic. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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