Definitions for medical evacuation
med·i·cal evac·u·a·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. medical evacuation, medevac, medivacnoun

   the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care

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1. Medical evacuation

   Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities, or to patients at a rural hospital requiring urgent care at a better-equipped facility using medically equipped air ambulances, especially helicopters.Examples include civilian EMS vehicles, civilian aeromedical helicopter services, and military air ambulances. This term also covers the transfer of patients from the battlefield to a treatment facility or from one treatment facility to another by medical personnel, such as from a local hospital to a trauma center.

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1. medical evacuation

   Medical evacuation, often referred to as Medevac or Medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to the wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, or to injured patients being transported from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities using aeromedical evacuation or ground vehicles.

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Medical evacuation

   Medical evacuation, often termed Medevac or Medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities, or to patients at a rural hospital requiring urgent care at a better-equipped facility using medically equipped ground vehicles or aircraft. Examples include civilian EMS vehicles, civilian aeromedical helicopter services, and Army air ambulances. This term also covers the transfer of patients from the battlefield to a treatment facility or from one treatment facility to another by medical personnel, such as from a local hospital to a trauma center.

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1. • Evacuation

How to pronounce medical evacuation?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of medical evacuation in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of medical evacuation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of medical evacuation in a Sentence

1. Jonathan Franks:

   Matthew's situation remains dire, and the family reiterates its plea to Presidents Joe Biden and Maduro to arrange an emergency medical evacuation, we are concerned that once authorities withdraw heavy sedation, Matthew Heath will take the first opportunity Matthew Heath gets to attempt suicide again.

2. Bill Richardson:

   Let me be clear -- this is a life and death situation that should be taken with the utmost seriousness by everyone involved, it is my intention to press the Maduro Government to allow an emergency medical evacuation so that Matthew Heath can return to the United States and get the critical care Matthew Heath needs.

3. Mickey Bergman:

   The language we used is a medical evacuation, not a release, covid gave us an opportunity. There are Iranians in American custody with Covid, so it was a medical-release-to-medical-release. Majid Taheri, they claimed, had a health condition so it was also compatible.

4. Sub Lieutenant Shivangi:

   We also use it for certain rescue missions, and according to the requirement, medical evacuation and all those things, so I'll be a part of all those missions.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=medical evacuation
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Evacuation
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=medical evacuation