flight nurse

noun

1. a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.

Example Sentences

That gave rise to the creation of the flight nurse, who had to be aware of many things other than caring for a patient on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times

The pilot and both Air Evac Lifeteam crew members, a flight nurse and a paramedic, were killed.

From Seattle Times

Crews consist of a pilot, a flight nurse and a flight paramedic.

From New York Times

Care Flight, which provides ambulance service by plane and helicopter, identified the downed aircraft as a Pilatus PC-12 and said the pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a patient and a patient’s family member all died.

From Seattle Times

Robin Hays, a Stagecoach resident and a former flight nurse, said she heard the sputtering plane fly over her house before crashing behind her property.

From Seattle Times