Medevac: meaning, definitions and examples
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medevac
[ ˈmɛdɪˌvæk ]
emergency medical services
Medevac is the transportation of patients by helicopter or airplane to a medical facility for emergency care.
Examples of usage
- The medevac helicopter arrived at the scene of the accident.
- They called for a medevac to airlift the injured hiker to the hospital.
Translations
Translations of the word "medevac" in other languages:
🇵🇹 evacuação médica
🇮🇳 चिकित्सा निकासी
🇩🇪 medizinische Evakuierung
🇮🇩 evakuasi medis
🇺🇦 медична евакуація
🇵🇱 ewakuacja medyczna
🇯🇵 医療避難 (いりょうひなん)
🇫🇷 évacuation médicale
🇪🇸 evacuación médica
🇹🇷 tıbbi tahliye
🇰🇷 의료 대피 (의료 대피)
🇸🇦 إجلاء طبي
🇨🇿 lékařská evakuace
🇸🇰 lekárska evakuácia
🇨🇳 医疗疏散 (yīliáo shūsàn)
🇸🇮 medicinska evakuacija
🇮🇸 læknisflutningur
🇰🇿 медициналық эвакуация
🇬🇪 სამედიცინო ევაკუაცია
🇦🇿 tibbi təxliyə
🇲🇽 evacuación médica
Etymology
The term 'medevac' originated during the Korean War in the early 1950s. It is a contraction of the words 'medical evacuation'. Medevac has since become a common term used in emergency medical services and military operations to refer to the transportation of patients in need of urgent medical care.
Word Frequency Rank
Ranking #39,094, this word is encountered relatively rarely in everyday English. It might appear in literary works or specialized texts but isn't essential for general communication.
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