Table 1.

Dictionary definitions of a paramedic.

Dictionary	Definition
Cambridge Dictionary (2019)	A person who is trained to do medical work, especially in an emergency, but who is not a doctor or nurse.
College of Paramedics (2018)	A paramedic works autonomously as a generalist clinician across a range of healthcare settings, usually in emergency, primary or urgent care. They may also specialise in clinical practice, education, leadership or research.
Collins Dictionary (2019)	A paramedic is: 1: a person whose training is similar to that of a nurse and who helps to do medical work; 2: a member of an ambulance crew trained in a number of life-saving skills, including infusion and cardiac care.
Dictionary.com (2019)	A person who is trained to assist a physician or to give first aid or other healthcare in the absence of a physician, often as part of a police, rescue or firefighting squad.
Lexico (2019)	A person trained to give emergency medical care to people who are seriously ill with the aim of stabilising them before they are taken to hospital.
Macmillan Dictionary (2019)	Someone who is trained to give medical treatment to people at the place where an accident has happened.
Merriam Webster (2019)	1: A person who works in a health field in an auxiliary capacity to a physician (as by giving injections and taking X-rays). 2: A specially trained medical technician licensed to provide a wide range of emergency services (such as defibrillation and the intravenous administration of drugs) before or during transportation to a hospital – compare EMT.
Oxford English Dictionary (1966)	One trained to provide specialised emergency medical care.
Urban Dictionary (2004)	An absolute hero. Largely unappreciated by the general population until they are gasping for their last breath after 25 pints of Stella and a kicking par excellance [sic] on a Friday night.