medevac
Helicopter hospital transport
Medevac is the emergency transport of sick or wounded people, especially by helicopter, to medical facilities.
The word blends medical and evacuation and originated in military contexts but now applies to civilian emergencies: The hiker was medevacked to a trauma center.
As a verb, to medevac someone is to transport them this way.
Rotary-wing aircraft
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- rotorcraftAircraft lifted by blades
- chinookWarm downslope Rocky wind
pilot · aircrew · cockpit · rotor · fuselage · hoist · winch · airborne
Combat engagement area
- corpsmanMilitary enlisted medical personnel
- mashCrushed soft mixture
- warzoneArea of active fighting
- dustoffCombat medical evacuation
litter · triage · theater · frontline · extraction
Make firm or constant
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- tourniquetCompression band stopping hemorrhage
- splintDevice immobilizing injured limbs
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
fracture · laceration · burn · amputation · wound · intubation · defibrillator · oxygen
Emergency helicopter medical evacuation
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- EMTPrehospital care professional
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
highway · dispatcher · 911 · wilderness · offshore · search-and-rescue
Expressing disapproval or importance
- life-threateningRisking death
- time-sensitiveRequiring prompt action
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- dispatchSend with speed
scramble · priority · stat · code · immediate · lifesaving · expedite · survival
helicopter
Rotary-wing aircraft
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- rotorcraftAircraft lifted by blades
chinook · pilot · aircrew · cockpit · rotor · fuselage · hoist · winch · airborne · hover
battlefield
Combat engagement area
dustoff · litter · triage · theater · frontline · extraction
stabilize
Make firm or constant
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- tourniquetCompression band stopping hemorrhage
- splintDevice immobilizing injured limbs
shock · fracture · laceration · burn · amputation · wound · intubation · defibrillator · oxygen · stretcher
life-flight
Emergency helicopter medical evacuation
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- EMTPrehospital care professional
- emergencySerious sudden danger
hospital · highway · dispatcher · 911 · wilderness · offshore · search-and-rescue
critical
Expressing disapproval or importance
- life-threateningRisking death
- time-sensitiveRequiring prompt action
- emergencySerious sudden danger
dispatch · scramble · priority · stat · code · immediate · lifesaving · expedite · survival
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- emergency medicalemergency room, ambulance, EMS, ER, EMT
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
- emergency vehiclesfire truck, ambulance, police car, cop car, rescue truck
- relief aidemergency aid, relief supplies, disaster relief, relief workers, aid workers
- rescuerescue, rescue team, search and rescue, rescue dog, save
medevacair assault
Attack delivered from aircraft
paradrop · troop deployment · deployment · insertion · infiltration
- medevac flightEmergency medical air transport
- medevac helicopterAircraft for evacuating wounded