emergency medical technician

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A person trained and certified to appraise and initiate the administration of emergency care for victims of trauma or acute illness before or during transportation of the victims to a health care facility via ambulance or aircraft.

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• noun A basic ambulance worker training in patient stabilization and emergency transport; not a paramedic