Definition of "paramedic" []

• A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or to assist physicians in providing medical care. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If the paramedic is there I know I can do something to make a difference rather than being way out of my depth."
• "And the paramedic is only beginning to try to snake a tube toward the lungs."
• "Still, when Emily wanted to call a paramedic, I pressed Adrian for the same thing."