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MeSH Heading: Paramedics
Tree Number(s): M01.526.427.001.252; M01.526.485.067.718; N02.360.067.715
Unique ID: D000094783
RDF Unique Identifier: http://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.
Entry Term(s): Community Paramedics; EMT-Paramedic; Emergency Paramedic; Emergency Paramedics; Paramedic; Paramedical Personnel; Paramedics, Emergency
Previous Indexing: Allied Health Personnel (1971-2022)
See Also: Paramedicine
Public MeSH Note: 2023; see ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL 1984-2022
History Note: 2023; use ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL 1984-2022
Date Introduced: 2023/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

education (ED)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

organization & administration (OG)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

supply & distribution (SD)

trends (TD)

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.
Terms: Paramedics Preferred Term
Term UI T001438
Date06/22/1983
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1984); Paramedic
Term UI T000887618
Date10/06/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Paramedical Personnel
Term UI T001437
Date05/03/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1978)

Concept UI: M000756408
Terms: Paramedics, Emergency Preferred Term
Term UI T014142
Date06/13/1983
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Emergency Paramedic
Term UI T001120094
Date04/26/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Emergency Paramedics
Term UI T001120090
Date04/26/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); EMT-Paramedic
Term UI T001120091
Date04/26/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023)

Paramedics MeSH Descriptor Data 2026