paramedic
noun
para·med·ic
ˌper-ə-ˈme-dik
ˌpa-rə-
variants
or less commonly paramedical
ˌper-ə-ˈme-di-kəl
ˌpa-rə-
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 (such as defibrillation and the intravenous administration of drugs) before or during transportation to a hospital compare emt
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