air rescue
Helicopter emergency retrieval
Air rescue is the retrieval of people from dangerous situations using aircraft—typically helicopters, though fixed-wing planes and drones also serve.
The term covers military combat extraction, coast guard operations at sea, and civilian mountain or wilderness emergencies: The hikers were saved by air rescue after being stranded for three days.
- airliftingTransporting by aircraft
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
pilot · survivor · hoisting · rappelling · drop · disaster relief · danger zone · winch · medevac · emergency beacon · crew · harness · basket · coast guard · exfiltration · chopper · flight crew · battlefield medicine
air rescuesea rescue
Saving lives at sea
water rescue · maritime rescue · mountain rescue · cave rescue · mine rescue
air rescueabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
leaving behind · desertion · neglect · non-intervention · stranding