How to Use medevac in a Sentence

medevac

noun
  • The wounded soldiers were evacuated by medevac to the hospital.
  • And if something goes wrong, there are no hospitals or medevacs.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The cost of a medevac helicopter was in the tens of thousands of dollars.
    — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 26 May 2026
  • The cost of a medevac helicopter was in the tens of thousands of dollars.
    — Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • Now, after six weeks of idol shenanigans and unfortunate medevacs, the merge is here.
    — Martin Holmes, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Minutes passed like years as the soldiers waited for a medevac helicopter.
    — Martin Kuz, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2018
  • It could potentially also be used for missions such as medevac.
    — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 22 June 2018
  • Chris retrieved Dave’s helmet and jaw, then waved off the medevac helicopter.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • What agency will investigate the medevac crash?
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The adult was flown by medevac to Shock Trauma and is in critical condition.
    — Mckenna Oxenden, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2022
  • Stormy conditions prevented a medevac from reaching him, his family said.
    — Author: Greg Kim, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • Hamm is a veteran who first flew medevac in the Army, was released from UAB earlier this month.
    — NBC News, 26 July 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
  • 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
  • When a medevac helicopter came, Perez opted to evacuate the prisoner and not Siatta.
    — C. J. Chivers, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2016
  • During his service, Richardson was a medevac helicopter pilot in Vietnam.
    — Deaundra Allen, kansascity, 21 May 2018
  • 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
  • Helicopter flights performed by a medevac helicopter earlier in the day surveyed the slide site to determine if crews could safely dislodge the unstable snow.
    — Darrell Smith updated February 20, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • In other words, the conventional aircraft is aimed at utility and medevac roles, while the box-wing version is intended for combat and penetration missions.
    — David Szondy february 24, New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The officer was then transported by a medevac helicopter to a local hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to reports.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • First diagnosed as a viral infection, adverse weather conditions kept medevac aircraft from reaching the base until May 31.
    — Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026

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