Medic is a general term for a person involved in medicine, especially emergency or first-response medicine, such as an emergency medical technician, paramedic, or a military member trained in battlefield medicine.
Medic is a general term for a person involved in medicine, a physician. Paramedic is a term for a person involved especially in emergency giving first-aid, such as an emergency paramedical technician, paramedic, or a military member trained in battlefield medicine.