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a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
the wounded soldier called for a medic
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Recent Examples of medics
Police and medics soon arrived, failed to revive Neely, and brought him to Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Regrouping later at the hangar, medics took stock of the wounded — several arterial GSWs, a fractured tib-fib for Josie, and such.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
Local medics said many killed in the strike were women and children.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
On Wednesday, Palestinian medics reported that an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip killed at least five people, including four children.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Sanchez helped perform chest compressions after medics found Whitfield had no pulse.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2024
Autopsy photos showed medics’ attempts to save Whitfield’s life — his airway was intubated, and there were EKG stickers on his chest.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2024
At least 32 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across the enclave overnight and into Saturday, Gaza medics said, including seven killed in a strike on a house in central Gaza City, according to Gaza officials.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
In a later attack in Khan Younis, medics said at least nine Palestinians were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a car near a crowd receiving flour, a vehicle that was used by security personnel tasked with overseeing aid deliveries into Gaza.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Regrouping later at the hangar, medics took stock of the wounded — several arterial GSWs, a fractured tib-fib for Josie, and such.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
Local medics said many killed in the strike were women and children.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
On Wednesday, Palestinian medics reported that an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip killed at least five people, including four children.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Sanchez helped perform chest compressions after medics found Whitfield had no pulse.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2024
Autopsy photos showed medics’ attempts to save Whitfield’s life — his airway was intubated, and there were EKG stickers on his chest.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2024
At least 32 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across the enclave overnight and into Saturday, Gaza medics said, including seven killed in a strike on a house in central Gaza City, according to Gaza officials.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
In a later attack in Khan Younis, medics said at least nine Palestinians were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a car near a crowd receiving flour, a vehicle that was used by security personnel tasked with overseeing aid deliveries into Gaza.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Medics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medics. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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