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paramedic

[par-uh-med-ik] / ˌpær əˈmɛd ɪk /
NOUN
emergency medical technician
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His mom is an ER nurse, and his dad is a paramedic.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

West Midlands Ambulance Service said they were called at 18:50 BST, sending an ambulance, two paramedic officers and the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car to the scene.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

“A paramedic can get anywhere, and I sucked up to the nurses.”

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

On the day Preston died, at around 18:25, paramedic Simon Crabb was outside the ambulance bay and saw Varley running with a "floppy" baby in his arms, and told him the child was not breathing.

From BBC May 5, 2026

I thought about the paramedic with the sandy hair and the green eyes and how his face told me that my life would never be the same.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben




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