noun
- plural of medivac; emergency medical evacuations by helicopter or aircraft, especially of wounded soldiers or patients
Usage: military; medical
verb
- third-person singular present tense of medivac; to evacuate (a wounded or sick person) by helicopter or aircraft for medical treatment
Usage: military; medical
Examples
- The military coordinated multiple medivacs to transport injured soldiers from the battlefield.
- When the patient's condition worsened, the hospital medivacs him to a trauma center.
- During the disaster, emergency services arranged several medivacs for the most critically injured victims.
- The helicopter medivacs wounded personnel from remote combat zones.
- Medivacs are essential for saving lives in emergency medical situations.
- The field hospital medivacs patients who require specialized surgical care.