"emergency medical service" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: emergency medical services [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} emergency medical service (plural emergency medical services)
  1. A group of professional responders with medical skills who attend to emergencies or disasters by coming to the location of the event. Wikipedia link: emergency medical service Synonyms: paramedic service, first aid squad, emergency squad, rescue squad, ambulance squad, ambulance service, ambulance corps, life squad Related terms: EMS Translations (group of professional responders with medical skills): շտապօգնություն (štapōgnutʻyun) (Armenian), 緊急救援醫療服務 (Chinese Mandarin), 紧急救援医疗服务 (jǐnjí jiùyuán yīliáo fúwù) (Chinese Mandarin), ensihoitopalvelu (Finnish), ско́рая медици́нская по́мощь (skóraja medicínskaja pómoščʹ) [feminine] (Russian), kagipitang lingkod-panggagamot (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-emergency_medical_service-en-noun-c3-rRyDe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

Inflected forms

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