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- noun That field of
medicine practiced byparamedics .
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"Emergency!" was about two firefighters, John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) and Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe), who were pioneers in a brand new specialty called paramedicine.
The Stars That Popularized Paramedicine Mark Yost 2011
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The original threads of community paramedicine trace back to places like Nova Scotia, which began experimenting with the idea around 2000 when a doctor who had served two remote islands off the Canadian coast retired; paramedics were recruited to fill the gap.
NYT > Home Page By KIRK JOHNSON 2011
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The original threads of community paramedicine trace back to places like Nova Scotia, which began experimenting with the idea around 2000 when a doctor who had served two remote islands off the Canadian coast retired; paramedics were recruited to fill the gap.
NYT > Home Page By KIRK JOHNSON 2011
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Centennial offers a variety of innovative degree programs in paramedicine, journalism, new media, environmental science and industrial microbiology in conjunction with the University of Toronto at Scarborough, and the Bachelor of Science Nursing program with Ryerson University.
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily SuperUser Account 2010
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Centennial offers a variety of innovative degree programs in paramedicine, journalism, new media, environmental science and industrial microbiology in conjunction with the University of Toronto at Scarborough, and the Bachelor of Science Nursing program with Ryerson University.
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily SuperUser Account 2010
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According to David Buckle, regional director of paramedicine and medical transport for Western Health, the safety of paramedics was a major reason for bringing such a unit to the region, as was maintaining the dignity of patients requiring medical attention.
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Maybe he's registered with the muldovian underwater bango players school of paramedicine instead?
Army Rumour Service 2009
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Brennan, who in the 1960s worked for Frank Pantridge, the Belfast cardiologist who pioneered paramedicine, says he has a unique understanding of changing something as simple as a rank insignia: "When you do that, someone appears to have lost, and that causes conflict."
EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News rss@emsresponder.com (BY RACHEL MENDLESONMaclean"s 2009
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Until the '70s, when formalized paramedicine became an integral component of emergency health care, they were often called upon to administer oxygen and deliver CPR.
EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News rss@emsresponder.com (BY RACHEL MENDLESONMaclean"s 2009
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I also still proclaim "Squad 51" as a sacred symbol of paramedicine and that "John and Roy popping bi-carbs and epis" were the guiding light of my career in EMS, and should have won at least one Nobel Peace Prize.
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