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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Personnel > Allied Health Personnel > Paramedics
Persons > Occupational Groups > Health Personnel > Allied Health Personnel > Paramedics
Persons > Occupational Groups > Emergency Responders > Paramedics

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Paramedics  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Paramedic
  • Paramedical Personnel
  • Personnel, Paramedical

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2023; use ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL 1984-2022

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000094783

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