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To be more in-line with the Oxford Dictionary definition. Removed Nurse from the definition as a nurse is not a medic. No disrespect to nurse, I work with them all the time, but they would agree that they are not medics and I have been unable to find a single valid reference for them being defined as such.
Fr33kMan 01:40, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
I have changed the definition of paramedic from "medical professional" to "paramedical professional" as "medical professional" sounds too much like "medical practitioner" or infers "doctor". —Preceding
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The redirection of medic to medicine does not make sense. If you check the "what links here" button of medic, and check the contents, you will see that 'none of the links are satisfied by a redirection to medicine. I am going to remove that redirection. -- Geo Swan 19:59, 2005 Mar 27 (UTC)
This article has been subject to some wholesale revisions. But no one is explaining themselves here in the discussion page. Half the contributors didn't bother to fill out the edit summary field. This is non-collegial. It contributes to emotions getting heated. If an edit is trivial, or seems obvious, the explanation isn't of critical importance.
I thought these obligations and protections on a medic who wears a Red Cross were important. Frankly, I am annoyed that the re-write eliminates any mention of the Geneva Convention.
Fifteen year old Omar Khadr, a Guantanamo detainee, is routinely described as having killed a "medic". The description of him killing a medic implies, to many, that he deceitfully pretended to surrender, in order to lure an American noncombatant close enough to kill him.
Sergeant Christopher J. Speer, the GI in question, was carrying a gun when he received his mortal wound, not a medical kit. He may have been trained as a medic. He may have been behaving honorably, and following legal orders. His death is certainly a tragedy for his loved ones. But I think calling him a medic that day is deceptive.
Wikipedia contributor Blinks said that all medics carry sidearms nowadays. I wonder whether he may have meant all American medics?
Yes all american medics do carry at least a sidearm. The Geneva Conventions states that medical personal have the right to defend themselves and their patients. So the statement above implying that SGT. Speer was not a medic at the moment that he carried a weapon is due to your lack of knowledge.
The Meg Ryan film, "Courage under fire", has her piloting a medevac helicopter, marked with red crosses, but armed with a machine gun, which, I believe, would have been a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions.
In the UK apparently...
As suggested above, "medic" doesn't seem to refer to a specific person or occupation. That makes this former article an appropriate disambiguation page. It's currently very similar to one, but in need of cleanup. G. C. Hood ( talk) 20:37, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
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To be more in-line with the Oxford Dictionary definition. Removed Nurse from the definition as a nurse is not a medic. No disrespect to nurse, I work with them all the time, but they would agree that they are not medics and I have been unable to find a single valid reference for them being defined as such.
Fr33kMan 01:40, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
I have changed the definition of paramedic from "medical professional" to "paramedical professional" as "medical professional" sounds too much like "medical practitioner" or infers "doctor". —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Mbchb (
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08:22, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
[[User: mbchb 09:22, 14 September 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbchb ( talk • contribs)
The redirection of medic to medicine does not make sense. If you check the "what links here" button of medic, and check the contents, you will see that 'none of the links are satisfied by a redirection to medicine. I am going to remove that redirection. -- Geo Swan 19:59, 2005 Mar 27 (UTC)
This article has been subject to some wholesale revisions. But no one is explaining themselves here in the discussion page. Half the contributors didn't bother to fill out the edit summary field. This is non-collegial. It contributes to emotions getting heated. If an edit is trivial, or seems obvious, the explanation isn't of critical importance.
I thought these obligations and protections on a medic who wears a Red Cross were important. Frankly, I am annoyed that the re-write eliminates any mention of the Geneva Convention.
Fifteen year old Omar Khadr, a Guantanamo detainee, is routinely described as having killed a "medic". The description of him killing a medic implies, to many, that he deceitfully pretended to surrender, in order to lure an American noncombatant close enough to kill him.
Sergeant Christopher J. Speer, the GI in question, was carrying a gun when he received his mortal wound, not a medical kit. He may have been trained as a medic. He may have been behaving honorably, and following legal orders. His death is certainly a tragedy for his loved ones. But I think calling him a medic that day is deceptive.
Wikipedia contributor Blinks said that all medics carry sidearms nowadays. I wonder whether he may have meant all American medics?
Yes all american medics do carry at least a sidearm. The Geneva Conventions states that medical personal have the right to defend themselves and their patients. So the statement above implying that SGT. Speer was not a medic at the moment that he carried a weapon is due to your lack of knowledge.
The Meg Ryan film, "Courage under fire", has her piloting a medevac helicopter, marked with red crosses, but armed with a machine gun, which, I believe, would have been a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions.
In the UK apparently...
As suggested above, "medic" doesn't seem to refer to a specific person or occupation. That makes this former article an appropriate disambiguation page. It's currently very similar to one, but in need of cleanup. G. C. Hood ( talk) 20:37, 7 August 2014 (UTC)