verb
- transporting a sick or injured person by medical evacuation helicopter or aircraft, especially in military or remote contexts
Usage: informal; military/emergency services context; present participle of medivac
Examples
- The soldier was medivacking out of the combat zone within minutes of being wounded.
- They spent the night medivacking casualties from the disaster site.
- The helicopter crew was medivacking three hikers who had gotten lost in the mountains.
- During the emergency, medivacking patients became the top priority.
- The team coordinated medivacking operations throughout the night.