casevac
Collocations
5ADJ.
available, patient, used
VERB + CASEVAC
decided, fetch, force
CASEVAC + NOUN
andrew, assets, battalion, medevac, role
PREP.
down, from, in
ADV.
again, initially
Definitions
noun
The emergency patient evacuation of injured people (civilians or soldiers) from a combat zone.
2001, Kent B. Pandolf, R. E. Burr, Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 2, Office of the Surgeon General (US), page 1156, Rehearsal of representative CASEVACs is invaluable in refining both operating techniques with the CASEVAC assets and coordination with the receiving MTF.
2011, Robby Carpenter, Shawn Carpenter, Ramiro Bujeiro, Force on Force: Modern Wargaming Rules, Ambush Alley Games, Osprey Publishing, page 53, If a force has CASEVAC assets available (medevac choppers, ambulances, an on-table aid station, etc.), then a unit may hand off its Casualties (and the associated penalties) by moving into contact with the CASEVAC asset.
verb
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.
noun
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.
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62001, Kent B. Pandolf, R. E. Burr, Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 2, Office of the Surgeon General (US), page 1156, Rehearsal of representative CASEVACs is invaluable in refining both o
Wiktionary2011, Robby Carpenter, Shawn Carpenter, Ramiro Bujeiro, Force on Force: Modern Wargaming Rules, Ambush Alley Games, Osprey Publishing, page 53, If a force has CASEVAC assets available (medevac chopper
WiktionarySadly, 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
WiktionaryIn the late 1940s, helicopters were used in the casevac role by the British in Malaya.
WiktionaryI have done several night casevacs and they can be pretty hazardous.
WiktionaryLinde 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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