"emergency medical technician" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: emergency medical technicians [plural], EMT [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun|abbr=EMT}} emergency medical technician (plural emergency medical technicians, abbreviation EMT)
  1. (emergency medical services) An ambulance worker who works in patient stabilization and emergency transport. In some services, an EMT is a trainee who is not a paramedic; in other services, a paramedic is a senior-level EMT, sometimes called an EMT-P in contrast with an EMT-I, etc. Wikidata QID: Q1497094 Synonyms: paramedic[Appendix:Glossary Hypernyms: technician, first responder, worker, person Related terms: EMT [alternative], EMS, emergency medical services, prehospital Coordinate_terms: EMR

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Alternative forms

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