ACCT 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
12 Jul 2020
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Vpi-travel package medicine: travel health focuses on preventative medicine. Problems that arise while travelling: gi problems, sunburn, motion sickness, failure to have correct vaccinations, take correct prophylaxis meds, from existing long term conditions/meds-hard to find meds if on long term prescription so. Insect bites inform gp to get meds sorted and travel with sufficient supply: high risk sexual activity, malaria-get malaria tabs/jab, allergy-avoid allergen/bring med, sanitation-hand santiser, clean water-water purification tabs. Most likely cause of death in travellers=cardiovascular causes (not malaria), from mi, more elderly travelling, second most common=accidents, drowning. Members of faculty of travel medicine + international society of travel medicine, independent specialists in travel health service, advice, education, services to specialist expeditions e. g. nomad: health promotion, prescription and supply of meds and products, vaccinations, support. Info from bespoke travel health organisations + general health websites, publications, textbook, telephone helplines. Must give relevant (specific) and reliable (up-to-date info) Good personal hygiene-avoid cross-contmination and reinfection, preparation of food + drink.
