'paramedic' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use the word 'paramedic' to refer to a person in a medical profession that is specifically trained to handle emergency medical situations. For example: The paramedic quickly administered the correct medication to the patient.
"We definitely have our 'regulars'," says the paramedic outside the Royal Liverpool, who asks to remain anonymous.
Not long ago, one paramedic was off work for several months with a fractured skull following an attack by abusive drunk patient.
One paramedic said several protesters had been taken to hospital and he was aware of around 30 people with minor injuries.
In 2012, average pay (including basic pay plus additions such as overtime) was: £30,564 for a nurse, £36,130 for a qualified paramedic, £47,702 for a manager and £109,651 for a consultant, according to NHS Employers.
I have been a paramedic for the NHS for 13 years.
By the time most people are waking up on New Year's Day, five paramedic teams from the North West Ambulance Service have been assaulted by drunk patients.
At the Royal Liverpool, a paramedic waiting in the early hours for his next call attests to the scale of the problem.
Originally I wanted to be a paramedic, after working in care, but I love this job too much.
If every paramedic had to do a few days a month in a call room, they could use their clinical judgment to say: "You don't need an ambulance".
It is hard to draw any firm conclusions from the scene that we find: one man grapples a paramedic trying to remove him from the aftermath of a fight while a group of girls with their heels in their hands are huddling around a friend being sick.
I work in the emergency department of a children's hospital, so sick children are a part of everyday life – from the coughs and colds, to the child being carried in by a running, shouting paramedic.
