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Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac [1] or medivac, [1] is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to patients requiring evacuation or transport using medically equipped air ambulances, helicopters and other means of emergency transport including ground ambulance and maritime transfers.
An aeromedical evacuation of injured patients by a C-17 from Balad, Iraq to Ramstein, Germany, in 2007 C-9 Nightingale formerly used for Aeromedical Evacuation. Aeromedical evacuation (AE) usually refers to the use of military transport aircraft to carry wounded personnel.
During World War I, air transport was used to provide medical evacuation – either from frontline areas or the battlefield itself.. In 1928, in Australia, John Flynn founded the Flying Doctor Service (later the Royal Flying Doctor Service), to provide a wide range of medical services to civilians in remote areas; these included from routine consultations with travelling general practitioners ...
The M113A4 armored medical evacuation vehicle (AMEV) is a U.S. Army variant of a M113 armored personnel carrier (APC) made by United Defense (now part of BAE Systems) modified to function as a battlefield emergency medical evacuation (medevac) vehicle.
The medical evacuation vehicle is the primary ambulance platform in units equipped with the Stryker family of vehicles. [ citation needed ] It is based on the infantry carrier variant. The commonality of the platforms reduces the maintenance footprint and variety of logistics support.
Air ambulances in the United States are operated by a variety of hospitals, local government agencies, and for-profit companies. Medical evacuations by air are also performed by the United States Armed Forces (for example in combat areas, training accidents, and United States Coast Guard rescues) and United States National Guard (typically while responding to natural disasters).
67th Medical Regiment, reorganized and redesignated 67th Medical Group, 15 September 1943 [165] 69th Medical Regiment, reorganized and redesignated 69th Medical Group, 4 September 1943 [ 168 ] 112th Medical Regiment, 37th Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 112th Medical Battalion, 37th Infantry Division, 16 January 1942 [ 169 ]
Night medical evacuation extractions became increasingly hazardous due to the Vietnamese field units not being equipped with necessary signaling devices, such as signaling flares, strobe lights, and so forth. [29] The Vietnamese command structure was notified of the existing situation, but continued emphasis needed to be placed in this area. [29]