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Abstract
Health care workers who perform tasks which must otherwise be performed by a physician or other health professional, in a variety of clinical settings such as EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, ambulance services, hospitals and clinics as well as non-clinical roles, such as education, leadership, public health and research. Paramedics may practice under medical direction or independently, often in unscheduled, unpredictable or dynamic settings.
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Synonyms
14 entry terms
- Paramedic
- Paramedical Personnel
- Personnel, Paramedical
- Community Paramedics
- EMT-Paramedic
- Emergency Paramedic
- Emergency Paramedics
- Paramedics, Emergency
- Community Paramedic
- EMT Paramedic
- EMT-Paramedics
- Paramedic, Community
- Paramedic, Emergency
- Paramedics, Community
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12 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.
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History Note
2023; use ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL 1984-2022
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Previous Indexing
- Allied Health Personnel (1971-2022)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Paramedics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000094783. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000094783
- Paramedics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramedic
- Paramedics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q330204