单词	medevac
释义	medevac /ˈmɛdɪvak / (also medivac) North American noun [mass noun] The evacuation of military or other casualties to hospital in a helicopter or aeroplane: we radioed Pleiku and asked for medevac [as modifier]: three big medevac choppers... Other military roles include medevac and search-and-rescue operations. Military commanders had worried the crowd would rush medevac helicopters. A unit of American marines on patrol saw the disabled vehicle and called in a medevac helicopter, which evacuated the officer and his soldiers. verb (medevacs, medevacking, medevacked) [with object] Transport (someone) to hospital in a helicopter or aeroplane: I was medevacked out of Freetown... Fellow soldiers applied tourniquets to stop Covington from bleeding to death and medivacked him to the nearest hospital. Finally, I was medevacked to Kaiser, and my chart was translated from Thai. Their convoy was hit by a suicide car bomber and three friends were medevacked with severe burns. Origin 1960s: blend of medical and evacuation.
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