CASEVAC is a shorthand word that means "casualtyevacuation". This can apply to injured soldiers or civilians, and is used to denote the emergency evacuation of injured people from a war zone. It is primarily used by the armed forces of the United Kingdom. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Evacuation can have several meanings: In wilderness first aid, evacuation is the transport of a seriously injured person out of the wilderness to the nearest point an ambulance can reach to take them to the hospital, or to the nearest emergency room. ...
CASEVAC tests medical emergencyresponses and sequences in the event there is ever a real casualty on a weaponsqualification range, like in Arce's case.
During this exercise, the 35th Engineer Battalion pretended to be a unit qualifying on a weapons qualification range and the 84th Chemical Battalion simulated the unit in charge of conducting the training.
CASEVAC training helps medics work on reducing the time between a Soldier'sinjuries and when that Soldier actuallyreceives advanced medical support, be it emergency care, surgery or advanced life saving measures.