medical evacuation
2
3.9
- noun
- /ˈmɛdɪkəl ˌɛvəˈkeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
evacuación médica
- So by way of paragraph 539 of the manual, I'm ordering you to start an emergency medical evacuation of all the personnel on the shack.
Examples
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These plans typically provide coverage for emergency medical evacuation or repatriation in addition to a range of other assistance services.
Academic text (2010) -
"It's pretty bad and I don't know how it's gonna turn out," Martin told his wife as he awaited a helicopter medical evacuation.
Academic text (2011) -
Have insurance that covers medical evacuation from Afghanistan.
Blog text (33) -
Wounded U.S. paratroopers are helped by fellow soldiers to a medical evacuation helicopter on Oct. 5, 1965, during the Vietnam War.
Blog text (27) -
As fellow troopers aid wounded buddies, a paratrooper of A Company, 101st Airborne, guides a medical evacuation.
Blog text (27) -
Every year, the U.S. Coast Guard performs an enormous number of medical evacuations to help those in need.
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Insurance coverage for emergency medical evacuation often includes transportation costs to the nearest hospital.
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Did he refuse medical evacuation so he could stay with his fire team during the emergency situation?
Synonyms
25
4.9
An emergency flight that takes injured people to a hospital
4
4.6
A helicopter trip that takes sick or injured people quickly to a hospital
How Medical
- Specialized
2
3.9
5
3.9
- Specialized
8
4.0
26
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'transportation of injured or ill people to receive medical treatment' is directly derivable from combining 'medical' (relating to medicine) with 'evacuation' (organized transfer of people). This adjective + noun composition follows a transparent compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun medical evacuation comes from the image of a helicopter or ambulance taking sick or hurt people away from danger so they can 'get medical help'. The word medical points to health and evacuation to moving people out, so the phrase means moving injured or ill people to a place for treatment.