Medical evacuation, typically by helicopter or aircraft, to transport injured or seriously ill patients to medical facilities. The vehicle or process of emergency medical transport.
Military acronym from 'medical evacuation,' first used during the Korean War in the 1950s. The term became popular during the Vietnam War as helicopter medical evacuations saved countless lives.
Medevac represents how military innovation transforms civilian life - helicopter medical evacuation was perfected in warfare but became crucial for rural hospitals, accident scenes, and disaster relief, literally bringing life-saving technology from battlefield to everyday emergency medicine.
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