[chrisseaton]

Ah right maybe we in the UK only use the word 'paramedic' to mean the most specialised, advanced trauma life-support level and you use it more broadly. I'm sure all police and firefighters here do get advanced first-aid training.

[JshWright]

We definitely don't use it more broadly (in the industry, anyway... the public certainly mixes them up at times). Paramedics are ALS level care providers in the US.