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emergency medical technician
[ ih-mur-juhn-see med-i-kuhl tek-nish-uhn ]
/ ɪˈmɜr dʒən si ˈmɛd ɪ kəl tɛkˌnɪʃ ən /
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noun
a person who is specially trained and certified to give emergency medical care to patients before they reach a healthcare facility. Abbreviation: EMT
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Origin of emergency medical technician
First recorded in 1950–55
Words nearby emergency medical technician
emerge, emergence, emergency, emergency boat, emergency brake, emergency medical technician, emergency medicine, emergency room, emergent, emergent evolution, emergent norm
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How to use emergency medical technician in a sentence
It was in a pizza restaurant, dressed in a single thin layer, sobbing, that an emergency medical technician approached her.
Meditation isn’t always calming. For a select few, it may lead to psychosis.|Claire Maldarelli|June 21, 2021|Popular-ScienceAt one point, two other officers knelt on his back while another kept the growing crowd, including an off-duty firefighter and emergency medical technician, at bay.
Derek Chauvin’s Guilty and So Is the Whole Damn System|Goldie Taylor|April 20, 2021|The Daily BeastHe had worked as an emergency medical technician here in the northernmost part of Los Angeles County for over a decade, but he still experienced the same thrum of adrenaline on urgent calls.
The Broken Front Line|by Ava Kofman, photography by Kendrick Brinson and David Walter Banks|April 7, 2021|ProPublicaMatthew Snyder, the second ambulance man, had barely finished Emergency Medical Technician school.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis|Richard Ben Cramer|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for emergency medical technician
emergency medical technician
noun
US a member of the emergency services who is trained to provide basic emergency medical care before a patient is taken to a hospitalAbbreviation: EMT
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