MEDEVAC
Battlefield ambulance flight
Medevac, short for medical evacuation, refers to the emergency transport of sick or wounded people, typically by helicopter or aircraft, from a combat zone or disaster area to a medical facility.
Originally military terminology, the word now extends to civilian emergency medical transport as well.
It functions as both noun and verb: The soldier was medevaced to a field hospital or We called for a medevac after the accident.
Person harmed in disaster
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- corpsmanMilitary enlisted medical personnel
- field hospitalTemporary military medical facility
- warzoneArea of active fighting
extraction · stretcher · triage · tactical · aid station · forward operating base · dustoff · litter
Make firm or constant
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
IV · tourniquet · blood loss · shock · resuscitate · transfusion · ventilator · defibrillator
Emergency transport by plane
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- aircrewAircraft operating personnel
flight · landing zone · hoist · winch · hover · airborne · rotorcraft · cockpit
Act of removing
- survivorOne still alive after
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
- reliefEasing of distress
responder · recovery · crisis · aid · safety · Coast Guard · natural disaster · flood
casualty
Person harmed in disaster
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- corpsmanMilitary enlisted medical personnel
- field hospitalTemporary military medical facility
warzone · extraction · stretcher · triage · tactical · aid station · forward operating base · dustoff · litter · wounded
stabilize
Make firm or constant
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
stretcher · IV · tourniquet · blood loss · shock · resuscitate · transfusion · ventilator · defibrillator · splint
airlift
Emergency transport by plane
aircrew · flight · landing zone · hoist · winch · hover · airborne · rotorcraft · cockpit · altitude
extraction
Act of removing
- survivorOne still alive after
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
relief · responder · recovery · crisis · aid · safety · Coast Guard · natural disaster · flood · earthquake
MEDEVACinsertion
Placing something within
deployment · infiltration · air drop · reinforcement · air assault
med, medic, medics, medical, medically, medicine, medicines, medicinal, medicinally