medical evacuation
Emergency patient transport
Medical evacuation is the transport of sick or injured people from a dangerous or remote location to a medical facility.
The term is most common in military contexts, where wounded soldiers are evacuated from combat zones, often by helicopter.
In civilian use, it typically refers to emergency airlift from wilderness areas or disaster sites: The climber required medical evacuation after the fall.
Often shortened to medevac.
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- triage tentTemporary patient sorting facility
- mass casualtyEvent harming many simultaneously
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- field hospitalTemporary military medical facility
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- military supporttransportation, communications, engineering, logistics, supply
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- aviationaircraft, airports, flying, flight, airplane
- Emergency MedicineEMT, EMS, paramedics, critical care, trauma care
- relief aidemergency aid, relief supplies, disaster relief, relief workers, aid workers
- rescuerescue, rescue team, search and rescue, rescue dog, save
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