CASEVAC
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See also: casevac
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Etymology
Blend of casualty + evacuation; compare MEDEVAC.
Noun
CASEVAC (countable and uncountable, plural CASEVACs)
- (military) 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.
- 2001, Kent B. Pandolf, R. E. Burr, Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 2, Office of the Surgeon General (US), page 1156,
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Verb
CASEVAC (third-person singular simple present CASEVACs, present participle CASEVACing, simple past and past participle CASEVAC'd)
- (transitive, military) To perform the emergency evacuation of (an injured person) from a combat zone.
- 2018, Mike Borlace, Spider Zero Seven, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, →ISBN, page 123:
- 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.