PARAMEDIC


Meaning of PARAMEDIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpa-rə-ˈme-dik ]

noun

also para·med·i·cal -di-kəl

Date: 1967

1. : a person who works in a health field in an auxiliary capacity to a physician (as by giving injections and taking X-rays)

2. : a specially trained medical technician licensed to provide a wide range of emergency services (as defibrillation and the intravenous administration of drugs) before or during transportation to a hospital — compare EMT

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.