Evacuation
Evacuation — removal of a patient by any of a variety of transport means from a theater of military operation, or between health services capabilities, to prevent further illness or injury, providing additional care, or providing disposition of patients from the military health care system
Experience has shown that poorly planned or executed humanitarian evacuations may result in a failure to protect and a significant loss of life. Planning humanitarian evacuations requires careful consideration of the potential negative impact on the human rights of evacuees and individuals in other affected communities. These rights include the right to seek safety within and outside of one’s borders, to be protected from ethnic cleansing and arbitrary displacement, and the freedom to choose one’s place of residence.
Humanitarian evacuations can also undermine the core humanitarian principles underlying humanitarian action — humanity, impartiality, and neutrality.
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