paramedic
Emergency care provider
A paramedic is a medical professional trained to provide emergency care outside hospitals—at accident scenes, in ambulances, during transport.
Paramedics can administer medications, start IVs, and perform advanced procedures that basic emergency medical technicians cannot.
The paramedics arrived within minutes and stabilized him before the hospital transfer.
Emergency medical transport
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- dispatchSend with speed
- 911Crisis response number
stretcher · crisis · incident · code · casualty · life-threatening · siren · scene
Act of freeing
- survivorOne still alive after
- trappedUnable to escape
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- evacuationRemoval from danger
search · recovery · debris · collapse · accident · responder · airlift · roadside
Emergency revival technique
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- defibrillationElectric cardiac rhythm reset
- IVVein-delivered medication method
- epinephrineAdrenal stress hormone
tourniquet · splint · assessment · vitals · airway · compressions · resuscitation · anaphylaxis
Prehospital care professional
- technicianSkilled practical worker
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- shiftMovement or work period
- partnerOne who shares activity
dispatcher · training · protocol · licensure · healthcare · firefighter · nurse · clinical
ambulance
Emergency medical transport
911 · stretcher · crisis · incident · code · casualty · life-threatening · siren · scene · response
extrication
Act of freeing
evacuation · search · recovery · debris · collapse · accident · responder · airlift · roadside · triage
CPR
Emergency revival technique
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- defibrillationElectric cardiac rhythm reset
- IVVein-delivered medication method
epinephrine · tourniquet · splint · assessment · vitals · airway · compressions · resuscitation · anaphylaxis · overdose
EMT
Prehospital care professional
- technicianSkilled practical worker
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- shiftMovement or work period
partner · dispatcher · training · protocol · licensure · healthcare · firefighter · nurse · clinical · uniform
lifesaver
Emergency rescue person
dedication · hero · guardian · vigilant · composure · frontline · commitment · sacrifice · service · resilience
- emergency medicalemergency room, ambulance, EMS, ER, EMT
- Health Careersdoctor, nurse practitioner, nursing, physician, surgeon
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- civic servicesfire department, police, public library, public transit, public parks
- government workerscivil servants, federal workers, civil servant, bureaucrat, federal employees
- healersnurse, doctor, physician, surgeon, healer
paramedicsurgeon
Physician who operates
attending physician · chief of medicine · physician · doctor · specialist
- paramedic servicesEmergency medical response teams