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casevac

casevac

See also: CASEVAC

English

Noun

casevac (plural casevacs)

  1. Alternative form of CASEVAC
    • 2001, Terry Martin, Handbook of Patient Transportation, page 7,
      In the late 1940s, helicopters were used in the casevac role by the British in Malaya.
    • 2007, Alexandre Binda, Chris Cocks, The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry, page 166,
      I have done several night casevacs and they can be pretty hazardous.
    • 2008, Dick Lord, From Fledgling to Eagle: The South African Air Force During the Border War, page 343,
      Linde had been on his way to fetch a casevac from 32 Battalion at a place called Luenga, in the bush, 60 kilometres south of Menonque.

Verb

casevac (third-person singular simple present casevacs, present participle casevacking, simple past and past participle casevacked)

  1. To perform the emergency evacuation of an injured person or people (civilians or soldiers) from a combat zone.
    • 2003, Chris Ryan, Tenth Man Down, page 239,
      ‘If there's anything wrong with the hospital′s radio — if we can′t get Whinger casevacked, for any reason — we can′t just leave him there. We′ll get what drugs we can for him, but we may have to bring him back for the time being.’
    • 2006, Willem Steenkamp, Borderstrike!: South Africa Into Angola 1975-1980, page 165,
      He had broken his leg on landing and was waiting to be collected at a later stage to be casevacked ...
    • 2007, Stu Taylor, Lost in Africa, page 104,
      There couldn't be many better than these—they were responsible for taking us out to be thrown into the wilderness by parachute, re-supply drops in the field, transporting vital supplies and for casevacking troops from operational areas.