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Descriptor English: Paramedics
Descriptor Spanish: Paramédico
Descriptor paramédico
Entry term(s) paramédico de urgencias
paramédico-técnico de urgencias médicas
paramédicos
paramédicos comunitarios
paramédicos de urgencias
personal paramédico
profesionales paramédicos
Scope note: Profesionales sanitarios que realizan tareas que de otra forma deben ser realizadas por un médico u otro profesional sanitario, en diversos entornos clínicos tales como SERVICIOS MÉDICOS DE URGENCIA, servicios de ambulancia, hospitales y clínicas, así como funciones no clínicas tales como educación, liderazgo, salud pública e investigación. Los paramédicos pueden ejercer bajo dirección médica o de forma independiente, a menudo en entornos no programados, impredecibles o dinámicos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Paramédico
Descriptor French: Paramédicaux
Entry term(s): Community Paramedic
Community Paramedics
EMT Paramedic
EMT-Paramedic
EMT-Paramedics
Emergency Paramedic
Emergency Paramedics
Paramedic
Paramedic, Community
Paramedic, Emergency
Paramedical Personnel
Paramedics, Community
Paramedics, Emergency
Personnel, Paramedical
Tree number(s): M01.526.373.575
M01.526.485.067.718
N02.360.067.715
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000094783
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.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Allied Health Personnel (1971-2022)
Public MeSH Note: 2023; see ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL 1984-2022
History Note: 2023; use ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL 1984-2022
Related: Paramedicine MeSH
DeCS ID: 60294
Unique ID: D000094783
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/13
Revision Date: 2022/07/12
Paramedics - Preferred
Concept UI M0000734
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.
Preferred term Paramedics
Entry term(s) Paramedic
Paramedical Personnel
Personnel, Paramedical
Community Paramedics - Narrower
Concept UI M000756466
Preferred term Community Paramedics
Entry term(s) Community Paramedic
Paramedic, Community
Paramedics, Community
Paramedics, Emergency - Narrower
Concept UI M000756408
Preferred term Paramedics, Emergency
Entry term(s) EMT Paramedic
EMT-Paramedic
EMT-Paramedics
Emergency Paramedic
Emergency Paramedics
Paramedic, Emergency



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