medivac
/ˈmɛdɪvæk/
verb
- To transport someone who is injured or sick to a hospital by emergency medical vehicle, especially by air.
- Doctors medivac patients from remote villages to the main hospital.
- The army will medivac any wounded soldiers as quickly as possible.
- The rescue team decided to medivac the climber off the mountain.
noun
- The transportation of injured or sick people to a hospital, especially by helicopter or airplane in an emergency.
- The medivac arrived within minutes to airlift the hiker to safety.
- The soldier was evacuated by medivac after being injured in the field.
- The hospital coordinates medivac flights for remote mountain rescues.
- A vehicle (such as a helicopter or plane) used for medical evacuation.
- The military sent two medivacs to the disaster zone.
- The medivac landed on the rooftop helipad of the hospital.
- They loaded the patient onto the medivac for the flight to the city.