CASEVAC

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The emergency patient evacuation of injured people (civilians or soldiers) from a combat…

   The emergency patient evacuation of injured people (civilians or soldiers) from a combat zone.

2. 2

   To perform the emergency evacuation of (an injured person) from a combat zone.

   • Sadly, two days later we are back at the hospital again, initially to casevac a patient down to a fixed wing aircraft at the airfield. […] It has been decided to casevac him to Andrew Fleming hospital in Salisbury.
3. 3

   Alternative form of CASEVAC.

   • In the late 1940s, helicopters were used in the casevac role by the British in Malaya.
   • I have done several night casevacs and they can be pretty hazardous.
   • Linde had been on his way to fetch a casevac from 32 Battalion at a place called Luenga, in the bush, 60 kilometres south of Menonque.

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