Definitions
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- noun The emergency transportation, usually by air, of patients to a medical facility.
- noun A vehicle used for emergency transportation of patients to a medical facility.
- noun Trained personnel who care for patients during emergency transportation to a medical facility.
- verb To transport patients by
medevac .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care
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Examples
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A major part of this relief effort, U.S. medical evacuation missions called medivac that are swooping into Port-au-Prince to save lives.
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SUDDARTH: I think the weather was not great, but it wasn't -- it wasn't -- it wouldn't complicate any kind of medivac or anything like that.
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Also claims Army Warrant Officer, medivac helicopter pilot, fully disabled.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Just because your health insurance covers a medivac flight to Mexico City or Guadalajara and mine did doesn´t mean that you can take that chance.
MORE ISSUES 2010
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Concerned about persistently high nationwide crash rates for medivac helicopters, the Federal Aviation Administration's proposed rules are expected to track many of the previous recommendations issued by government crash investigators, according to people familiar with the details.
FAA to Unveil Medical Helicopter Safety Proposals Andy Pasztor 2010
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Still waiting for the medivac and support Sgt Bass had to think quick.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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It took that long for the medivac chopper to reach them.
Are we as sportsman becoming too dependent on modern technology? 2009
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Just because your health insurance covers a medivac flight to Mexico City or Guadalajara and mine did doesn´t mean that you can take that chance.
MORE ISSUES 2010
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It took that long for the medivac chopper to reach them.
Are we as sportsman becoming too dependent on modern technology? 2009
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The one point at issue is Quebec's lack of a medivac system, meaning that Richardson had to be driven rather than flown to a specialized treatment centre.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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