An individual who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions in an emergency pre-hospital setting
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
(1) A person having professional training in some area of medical care but who is not a doctor (2) An adjective used to denote training or treatment by paramedical personnel (G)
a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment
Paramedics, are Advanced Cardiac Life Support Personnel with training in early and advanced triage, BCLS, ACLS, invasive procedures, drug therapy, advanced field diagnostics, patient packaging/transport and advanced first aid Paramedics are traditionally found in an ambulance Although Paramedics are technically EMT's (EMT-P versus EMT-B) most people refer to them separately
An individual trained to provide emergency medical treatment at an advanced level and certified by the State
A paramedic is a person whose training is similar to that of a nurse and who helps to do medical work. We intend to have a paramedic on every ambulance within the next three years. someone who has been trained to help people who are hurt or to do medical work, but who is not a doctor or nurse