air ambulance
Flying emergency transport
An air ambulance is a helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft equipped to transport patients requiring urgent medical care.
Unlike standard aircraft, air ambulances carry medical equipment and personnel, functioning as flying emergency rooms: The air ambulance landed on the hospital roof.
They're used when ground transport is too slow or terrain makes it impossible.
Rotary-wing aircraft
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- helipadRotorcraft touchdown area
medevac · altitude · airspace · fuselage · avionics · hovering · winch · skids
Medical treatment facility
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- aeromedicalRelating to aviation healthcare
Prehospital emergency caregiver
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
intubation · IV · stretcher · gurney · resuscitation · stabilize · morphine · splint
Removal from danger
- extricationAct of freeing
- search-and-rescueLocating and retrieving imperiled persons
- winchingPulling via mechanical spool
- hoistRaise with tackle
survivor · airlift · wilderness · stranded · shipwreck · bushfire · avalanche · offshore
helicopter
Rotary-wing aircraft
helipad · medevac · altitude · airspace · fuselage · avionics · hovering · winch · skids · turbine
hospital
Medical treatment facility
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
paramedic
Prehospital emergency caregiver
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
ventilator · intubation · IV · stretcher · gurney · resuscitation · stabilize · morphine · splint · tourniquet
evacuation
Removal from danger
- extricationAct of freeing
- search-and-rescueLocating and retrieving imperiled persons
- winchingPulling via mechanical spool
hoist · survivor · airlift · wilderness · stranded · shipwreck · bushfire · avalanche · offshore · rappel
dispatch
Send with speed
accident · disaster · casualty · sirens · alarm · mayday · time-critical · life-threatening
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- aviationaircraft, airports, flying, flight, airplane
- emergency medicalemergency room, EMS, ER, EMT, paramedic
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- public safetypolice, 911, fire department, firefighters, police car
- aircraft typesseaplane, Boeing 737, floatplane, fighter jets, bush plane