Editing Paramedic (section)

===Early history===
Throughout the evolution of pre-hospitalization care, there has been an ongoing association with military conflict. One of the first indications of a formal process for managing injured people dates from the [[Roman legion|Imperial Legions of Rome]], where aging [[Centurion]]s, no longer able to fight, were given the task of organizing the removal of the wounded from the [[battle]]field and providing some form of care. Such individuals, although not [[physician]]s, were probably among the world's earliest [[surgeon]]s by default, being required to [[Surgical suture|suture]] wounds and complete [[amputation]]s. A similar situation existed in the [[Crusades]], with the [[Knights Hospitaller]] of the [[Order of St. John of Jerusalem]] filling a similar function; this organisation continued, and evolved into what is now known throughout the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] as the [[St. John Ambulance]] and as the [[Order of Malta Ambulance Corps]] in the Republic of Ireland and various countries.