Definition

1. Noun:
   • Female ambulance personnel / Female paramedic: A woman whose job is to provide emergency medical care and transport for the sick or injured, typically in an ambulance. This term specifically denotes the female gender of the medical professional.
   • Female first-aid nurse: A woman trained to give immediate medical assistance in emergencies before full medical treatment is available.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cô ấy là một nữ cứu thương dũng cảm. (She is a brave female paramedic.)
  • Đội nữ cứu thương đã có mặt tại hiện trường vụ tai nạn rất nhanh. (The team of female ambulance personnel arrived at the accident scene very quickly.)
  • Công việc của một nữ cứu thương đòi hỏi sự bình tĩnh và kỹ năng tốt. (The job of a female first-aid nurse requires calmness and good skills.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "nữ cứu thương" explicitly highlights the gender of the medical professional. In contexts where gender is not specified or is irrelevant, the gender-neutral terms "nhân viên cứu thương" (ambulance personnel/paramedic) or "y tá cấp cứu" (emergency nurse) are more commonly used in modern Vietnamese.
• It can be used metaphorically to describe a woman who provides timely help or relief in a difficult situation.
  • Cô ấy như một nữ cứu thương đến giúp tôi lúc tôi gặp khó khăn. (She was like a savior coming to help me when I was in trouble.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cứu thương (n): Ambulance service; first aid. This is the core term without the gender specification.
  • xe cứu thương (ambulance)
• Nhân viên cứu thương (n): Ambulance personnel / Paramedic (gender-neutral).
• Y tá cấp cứu (n): Emergency nurse.
• Nam cứu thương (n): Male ambulance personnel / Male paramedic. The direct male counterpart.

Synonyms

• Nhân viên y tế khẩn cấp: Emergency medical personnel.
• Y tá xe cứu thương: Ambulance nurse.

Related Phrases / Compound Terms

• Đội cứu thương: Ambulance team / First-aid team.
• Trạm cứu thương: First-aid station / Ambulance station.
• Hộp cứu thương: First-aid kit.

Related Idioms

• While there is no direct idiom with "nữ cứu thương", the concept relates to idioms about help and rescue:
  • "Cứu cánh": A means to an end; a solution or rescue (in a broader, often non-medical sense).
  • "Cứu nguy": To rescue from danger.

1. First-aid nurse