Definition of paramedic Paramedic

/pɛˌɹʌmɛˈdɪk/ - [perumedik] - par•a•med•ic

We found 5 definitions of paramedic from 4 different sources.

What does paramedic mean?

Noun Plural: paramedics
paramedic - a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment
		paramedical
		paraprofessional a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional

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

A paramedic is a person who works outside a hospital and goes to help at an emergency. Paramedics usually get to an emergency in an ambulance. Paramedics usually work in a team of three or four and they work together to help a hurt person quickly and sometimes take them to a nearby hospital. In many cases, they are also firefighters and work from fire engines.

In some countries like the United States of America and the United Kingdom, it is against the law for people to say they are paramedics unless they have special training and have passed some tests.