paramedic 復習

　トイレに閉じこもりヘロインを過剰摂取していた両親を息子二人が救出しました。

2 young boys cry for help, save overdosed parents

Police say 4-year-old and 1-year-old boys saved a Pennsylvania couple who overdosed by yelling out a window for help.

Upper Darby police say the children yelled out the window, crying that their parents were locked in the bathroom and wouldn't come out.

Neighbor Kendra Outen called 911, and she and others cared for the children as police and paramedics arrived to revive the couple from heroin overdoses on Wednesday. Neighbors say the children clutched the leg of one of the responding officers.

The couple, 32-year-old Sean Dolhancryk (dohl-HAN'-crik) and 31-year-old Sandra Dicianno (dee-SEE'-ahn-oh), were in a county jail Friday on drug possession and child endangerment charges.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/young-boys-cry-save-overdosed-parents-47936448

　すでにカタカナでもおなじみかもしれませんが，取り上げる単語は"paramedic"です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べてみると、「上級救急救命士、パラメディック（高度な救急医療を行う資格を与えられた最上級レベルの救急隊員）」と載っていました。接頭辞の"para"には、「超、以上」という意味があります。

　LDOCEでは、"someone who has been trained to help people who are hurt or to do medical work, but who is not a doctor or nurse"と表現されていました。

　子供たちの迅速な救急要請のおかげで命に別状はありませんでしたが、薬物所持と保護責任者義務違反で逮捕されました。(Akim)

paramedic 復習 - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森からparamedic 復習 - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から