How to Use medevac in a Sentence

medevac

1 of 2 noun

• The wounded soldiers were evacuated by medevac to the hospital.
• One of the victims was lifted in a medevac to the hospital.
  — Lily Jackson | [e-mail], al, 24 May 2020
• Emergency responders change their minds and ask the dispatcher to tell the medevac to land on the baseball field.
  — Steve Almasy, CNN, 15 June 2017
• The adult was flown by medevac to Shock Trauma and is in critical condition.
  — Mckenna Oxenden, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2022
• And if something goes wrong, there are no hospitals or medevacs.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• He was assigned as a medevac helicopter pilot with the Army.
  — Phil Gast, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
• Hamm is a veteran who first flew medevac in the Army, was released from UAB earlier this month.
  — NBC News, 26 July 2021
• Chris retrieved Dave’s helmet and jaw, then waved off the medevac helicopter.
  — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
• Yet, the state wants to build 11 miles of new road, and maintain a total of some 30 miles year-round, for the occasional medevac that cannot leave King Cove due to weather?
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 31 July 2017
• Now, after six weeks of idol shenanigans and unfortunate medevacs, the merge is here.
  — Martin Holmes, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023
• Sarah took everyone's phones, retraced their steps, and climbed a mountain to find enough cell reception to call for a medevac.
  — Patrick Blanchfield, Esquire, 1 Aug. 2017
• Minutes passed like years as the soldiers waited for a medevac helicopter.
  — Martin Kuz, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2018
• The helicopter’s tail rotor struck a forklift or crane while landing on a night medevac mission.
  — — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2017
• Even if there aren’t medical facilities near a port, there may be an airstrip, which would allow the team to schedule a medevac aircraft to come meet the ship, according to Scott.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• Brandon, who had little situational awareness of the village he was trapped in, couldn’t call a medevac for fear the helicopter would be shot down.
  — Elliott Ackerman, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
• It could potentially also be used for missions such as medevac.
  — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 22 June 2018
• When a medevac helicopter came, Perez opted to evacuate the prisoner and not Siatta.
  — C. J. Chivers, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2016
• The victim, a 55-year-old woman, suffered a near amputation from the plane’s propeller and required a medevac to a nearby hospital, the Guardian reported.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2015
• The outbreak was first detected when one of four roommates tested positive Jan. 17 during a medevac for breathing problems.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2021
• The first incident involved a medevac plane trying to evacuate a fisherman whose leg had been severed in a boating accident.
  — Della Trumble, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
• Little said that a clinical assessment was carried out before the medevac was approved, and that that included a check to see whether the required treatment was available locally.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2021
• If the local clinic isn’t suitable to treat emergencies of this nature, your travel insurance plan can cover the cost of a medevac to get you to a medical facility that can properly treat you.
  — Erica Lamberg, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2021
• He was immediately hooked up to two oxygen concentrators and a medevac was activated, but the plane never came.
  — Author: Greg Kim, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2020
• During his service, Richardson was a medevac helicopter pilot in Vietnam.
  — Deaundra Allen, kansascity, 21 May 2018
• Stormy conditions prevented a medevac from reaching him, his family said.
  — Author: Greg Kim, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2020
• Hogg said, adding details such as reserving medevac helicopters for the event and other logistics are being handled by those who have had prior experience with major events.
  — Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• Their accident rates are comparable, in fact, to those among flights conducted by medevac services and offshore oil rig transportation, both of which often fly in more treacherous conditions than air tours.
  — Eric Adams, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2018
• Alaska Bethel: An Alaska Native community airport has been unable to receive night flights or medevac flights because of disabled runway lights, officials say.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2019
• Founded in 1991, HdF provides helicopter services from passenger transport and tours to cargo and medevac operations.
  — Eric Tegler, Ars Technica, 11 July 2019
• The regional airline also became an early medevac service, rushing gravely ill passengers from the Valley to San Antonio hospitals via air.
  — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 7 July 2018

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medevac

2 of 2 verb

• Two days ago she was stranded here by what appeared to be an impossibly large cost to medevac home to Maryland.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 28 July 2017
• Units of the Ukrainian armed forces lack enough basic items, such as night-vision technology, and also modern helicopters such as Blackhawks to medevac the wounded.
  — Seth J. Frantzman, National Review, 18 Aug. 2017
• A passenger aboard the Carnival Fantasy cruise ship had to be medevaced for heart attack symptoms on Thursday morning.
  — Prescotte Stokes Iii, AL.com, 8 June 2017
• Hikers frequently get medevaced out from that location.
  — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 12 May 2017
• Declaring an emergency, the flight crew coaxed to plane to an emergency landing at Exmouth, Australia, where 39 people were taken to hospital and 14 were medevaced to Perth with broken bones, lacerations, and spinal injuries.
  — Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2019
• Two days ago she was stranded here by what appeared to be an impossibly large cost to medevac home to Maryland.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 28 July 2017
• Units of the Ukrainian armed forces lack enough basic items, such as night-vision technology, and also modern helicopters such as Blackhawks to medevac the wounded.
  — Seth J. Frantzman, National Review, 18 Aug. 2017
• A passenger aboard the Carnival Fantasy cruise ship had to be medevaced for heart attack symptoms on Thursday morning.
  — Prescotte Stokes Iii, AL.com, 8 June 2017
• Hikers frequently get medevaced out from that location.
  — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 12 May 2017
• Declaring an emergency, the flight crew coaxed to plane to an emergency landing at Exmouth, Australia, where 39 people were taken to hospital and 14 were medevaced to Perth with broken bones, lacerations, and spinal injuries.
  — Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2019

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024