medevaced
Flown out wounded
Medevaced is the past tense of medevac, meaning evacuated by medical transport—typically a helicopter or aircraft equipped for emergency care.
The term comes from military usage but extends to civilian emergencies: Three hikers were medevaced off the mountain after the avalanche.
Also spelled medevacked.
Emergency medical transport
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
stretcher · highway · wilderness · offshore · rig
Person harmed in disaster
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- medicEmergency care provider
- warzoneArea of active fighting
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
corpsman · extraction · tactical · deployment · wounded · stretcher · battlefield · convoy
Expressing disapproval or importance
- stabilizeMake firm or constant
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- fractureSplit in hard material
- spinalOf the backbone
burns · amputation · shock · tourniquet · IV · unconscious · intubation · ventilator
Sudden ruinous event
- survivorsThose still alive after
- extractionAct of removing
- remoteDistant or controller
- mountainTall natural landmass
backcountry · flood · earthquake · avalanche · stranded · ranger · humanitarian · relief
ambulance
Emergency medical transport
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
hospital · stretcher · highway · wilderness · offshore · rig
casualty
Person harmed in disaster
triage · corpsman · extraction · tactical · deployment · wounded · stretcher · battlefield · convoy · dustoff
critical
Expressing disapproval or importance
- stabilizeMake firm or constant
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- fractureSplit in hard material
spinal · burns · amputation · shock · tourniquet · IV · unconscious · intubation · ventilator · transfusion
disaster
Sudden ruinous event
- survivorsThose still alive after
- extractionAct of removing
- remoteDistant or controller
mountain · backcountry · flood · earthquake · avalanche · stranded · ranger · humanitarian · relief · inaccessible
medevacedleft behind
Abandoned or forgotten
remained · stayed · stranded · abandoned · left in place
medevacedkilled in action
Died during combat operations
KIA · perished · lost · fallen · walked away
- medevac flightEmergency medical air transport
- medevac helicopterAircraft for evacuating wounded