PARAMEDICAL Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

paramedic

noun

variants also paramedical

Definition of paramedic

as in EMT

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Recent Examples of paramedic The idea fit the kind of wedding Hayley, the owner of a graphic design business Studio 444, and Tyler, a 32-year-old firefighter and paramedic, wanted from the beginning. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 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 The police officer, paramedic, nurse and construction worker who answered a call for help. — Larry D. Johnson Jr, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026 The family of a Pittsburgh-area paramedic killed in the line of duty got their mortgage paid in full on Friday by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for paramedic

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Noun

Two veteran training officers and new paramedic Cristina DeBiase grabbed their equipment and gurney while another EMT remained with the ambulance and attempted to move it through traffic.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of EMT

Noun

One day in 1997, in walked Debbie, a travel nurse from London, England, working in Little Rock.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
To understand the effect of insurance coverage, consider Michele Metz, a 34-year-old nurse from Murrieta who spent nearly $100,000 for unsuccessful IVF treatments four years ago after a history of multiple miscarriages and endometriosis.

— Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

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