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medevac

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noun

med·​e·​vac ˈme-də-ˌvak How to pronounce medevac (audio)
-dē-
variants or less commonly medivac
1
: emergency evacuation of the sick or wounded (as from a combat area)
2
: a helicopter used for medevac

medevac

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verb

variants or less commonly medivac
medevaced also medivaced or medevacked or medivacked; medevacing also medivacing or medevacking or medivacking

transitive verb

: to transport in a medevac helicopter

Example Sentences

Noun The wounded soldiers were evacuated by medevac to the hospital.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The adult was flown by medevac to Shock Trauma and is in critical condition. Mckenna Oxenden, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2022 The victim, a 55-year-old woman, suffered a near amputation from the plane’s propeller and required a medevac to a nearby hospital, the Guardian reported. The Editors, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2015 Instead, commercial flights, helicopter medevac operations and flights to carry organs for transplant operations will be affected by 5G towers that do not yet meet FAA concerns. WSJ, 30 Jan. 2022 Vicosa, Bynum and one of the girls were pronounced dead on the scene; the other young girl was taken by medevac to Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, where she was pronounced dead. Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2021 If the local clinic isn’t suitable to treat emergencies of this nature, your travel insurance plan can cover the cost of a medevac to get you to a medical facility that can properly treat you. Erica Lamberg, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2021 Little said that a clinical assessment was carried out before the medevac was approved, and that that included a check to see whether the required treatment was available locally. Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2021 Little said in the financial year ending this past June, 99 patients had been accepted into New Zealand via medevac for treatment, a majority of them from Pacific Islands such as Fiji. Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2021 Hamm is a veteran who first flew medevac in the Army, was released from UAB earlier this month. NBC News, 26 July 2021
Verb
Marine One landed at the White House to medevac Trump to Walter Reed. Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Oct. 2020 Jaka Bizilj, a German movie producer, said his foundation was behind the plane that was supposed to medevac Navalny to the German hospital for treatment. Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2020 The Coast Guard team was able to successfully located and medevac the hikers to safety. Amanda Jackson, CNN, 10 Aug. 2020 One American sailor has been medevaced off the ship. Fox News, 25 Apr. 2020 The Pentagon confirmed the report Thursday evening and said nearly a dozen troops were medevaced to Germany this week for treatment, according to Defense One. Tim Pearce, Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2020 Recovery Brown was medevaced to the 31st CSH (combat support hospital) in Baghdad, which had the equipment necessary to determine the severity of his injuries. Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2019 Another critically injured passenger was medevaced to Anchorage. Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2019 Declaring an emergency, the flight crew coaxed to plane to an emergency landing at Exmouth, Australia, where 39 people were taken to hospital and 14 were medevaced to Perth with broken bones, lacerations, and spinal injuries. Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

medical evacuation

First Known Use

Noun

1966, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of medevac was in 1966

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