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.