🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

救急救命士

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kyūkyū kyūmeishi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ambulance officer/ˈæm.bjə.ləns ˈɒf.ɪ.sər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"救急救命士が患者を病院へ搬送した。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A trained healthcare professional who responds to emergency calls, provides medical treatment, and transports sick or injured people to medical facilities.

    "The ambulance officer administered first aid before rushing the patient to the hospital."
  2. 2

    A member of an ambulance service crew qualified to operate emergency medical equipment in the field.

    "An experienced ambulance officer led the triage team at the accident scene."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'ambulance,' derived from the Latin 'ambulare' (to walk or move about) via the French 'hôpital ambulant' (moving hospital), and 'officer,' from the Medieval Latin 'officiarius' (holder of an office). Emerging in Commonwealth English contexts during the 20th century, it describes a trained professional responsible for providing pre-hospital emergency care.

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