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paramedic
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paramedic, paramedical
1. a person, such as a laboratory technician, who supplements the work of the medical profession
2. a member of an ambulance crew trained in a number of life-saving skills, including infusion and cardiac care


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A: I sent out an e-mail to a lot of people asking if they knew any paramedics I could talk to.
During the outbreak, Toronto EMS's 850 paramedics had 1,166 potential SARS exposures; 436 were placed in a 10-day home quarantine, which meant being isolated from those persons within the home, continuously wearing an N95 respirator, and taking their temperature twice a day.
Thunder Airlines, offering air ambulance, air charter and air cargo service throughout Ontario and across the country, has an eight-person flight crew and eight paramedics currently working for its Timmins hangar.
 
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