medevac flight
Aerial patient transport
A medevac flight is an aircraft mission to transport sick or injured people to medical facilities.
The term combines "medical" and "evacuation," originating in military contexts where helicopters extract wounded soldiers from combat zones.
Civilian medevac flights serve remote areas or transfer patients between hospitals: The medevac flight arrived within twenty minutes of the 911 call.
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
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- helicopter termshover, hovering, rotor, rotors, tail rotor
- flight maneuversturn, dive, climb, roll, glide
- Private Aviationprivate jet, business jet, corporate jet, jet charter, air charter
- bush flyingbush pilot, bush plane, backcountry, taildragger, floatplane
- charter flightsprivate charter
medevac flightsupply drop
Airborne cargo delivery
bombing run · airstrike · paradrop · cargo flight · reconnaissance flight
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