| 单词 | ambulance driver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasambulance driver ambulance driver n. a person who drives an ambulance; (in later use) spec. one trained to provide emergency medical care to people who are seriously ill or injured, with the aim of stabilizing them before they are taken to hospital.Originally (and still frequently) in the context of transporting the wounded to hospital in a war zone.Terms such as EMT or paramedic are now usually preferred in the case of a person trained to provide emergency medical care (see e.g. quot. 1997). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [noun] > ambulance personnel ambulanceman1854 ambulance driver1855 ambulancier1871 zambuk1918 1855 Daily News 14 Mar. 6/1 [At Sebastapol] the ambulance drivers were old men very much addicted to drinking. 1918 Boston Post 7 Feb. 9/3 Some of us [sc. injured soldiers] wished that a shell would..end our misery... Fine fellows, those ambulance drivers, a lot of them go West too. 1975 N.Z. Med. Jrnl. 82 192/2 The ambulance driver has skilfully assisted the doctor with such procedures as infusion and resuscitation. 1997 P. Canning Paramedic (1998) 20 The worst insult that can be hurled at an EMT or paramedic is to call him an ambulance driver. They are medical professionals, subject to continual education, testing, and medical oversight. 2019 Toronto Star (Nexis) 28 July a8 Two medics and an ambulance driver were killed when an airstrike targeted their vehicle. < as lemmas |
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