paramedic

paramedic
par‧a‧med‧ic /ˌpærəˈmedɪk/ noun [countable]
someone who has been trained to help people who are hurt or to do medical work, but who is not a doctor or nurse
—paramedical adjective [usually before noun]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ doctor someone who treats people who are ill, who has completed a long course of study at medical school: If you have bad chest pains, you should see a doctor.
   ▪ GP British English a doctor who is trained in general medicine and who treats the people who live in a local area: My GP told me that I must lose weight.
   ▪ physician /fəˈzɪʃən, fɪˈzɪʃən/ formal especially American English a doctor: the American physician, Dr James Tyler Kent
   ▪ quack informal someone who pretends to be a doctor: My father felt that people practicing alternative medicine were just a bunch of quacks.
   ▪ the medical profession doctors and nurses considered as a group: This view is widely accepted among the medical profession.
   ▪ surgeon /ˈsɜːdʒən $ ˈsɜːr-/ a doctor who does operations in a hospital: One of the world’s top heart surgeons performed the operation.
   ▪ specialist a doctor with special knowledge about a particular illness, part of the body, or type of treatment: The new drug is being tested by cancer specialists. | an eye specialist
   ▪ consultant British English a very senior doctor in a hospital, with a lot of knowledge about a particular area of medicine: The consultant said that he did not think it was cancer.
   ▪ paramedic someone who has been trained to treat sick or injured people, especially at the scene of an accident: Paramedics treated him for shock.
   ▪ vet (also veterinarian especially American English) a doctor who treats animals: We took the cat to the vet.
   ▪ paediatrician British English, pediatrician American English a doctor who treats children who are sick
   ▪ gynaecologist British English, gynecologist American English a doctor who treats medical conditions and illnesses that affect women’s bodies
   ▪ obstetrician a doctor who deals with the birth of children
   ▪ radiographer someone whose job is to take X-rays or to treat people using an X-ray machine