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Meeting the needs of the accidental medical traveler Stefan Esser
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Agenda
International SOS and Medical Assistance
Medical Travel Risks of Business Travellers
The Challenge of Local Treatment
Reasons for Evacuation or Repatriation
Methods of Evacuations or Repatriations
Summary
Questions
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Travel Security ServicesMedical ServicesAssistance Medicine
26 Assistance Centres Regional Security CentresConsulting
Training
Staffing
Equipment
Ca. 900 remote site clinics world-wide
58 Intl SOS Clinic
Ca. 280 doctors Ca. 900 doctors
10 Air Ambulances
Travel Agencies
4 Regional Flight Desks
International SOS
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Global Infrastructure
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Medical Assistance825,000 medical cases / year
• Managing Health Risks of Travellers
• Case Management
• Medical Advise
Referrals
• Out-Patinets
• In-Patinets
• Evacuations
Repatriations
• Movement of Mortal Remains
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Medical Tourists vs. Accidential Patients825,000 medical cases / year
Medical Tourists / Travel for Treatment
( < 5 %)
• Planned their trip
• Have checked financial issues
• Appreciate the foreign health system
and trust it
• Often come from less developped countries
• Treatment not available in home country
• (Treatment too expensive in home country)
Accidential patients
• Came for work (or holiday)
• Are not prepared for treatment
• Have not checked financial coverage
• Might be reluctant towards a foreign health
system
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The Challenge of Local Treatment(quality)
Mbandaka
Kisangani
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The Challenge of Local Treatment(cultural barriers)
Wuhai
Mengxi
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Reasons for Evacuation
Business Travelers
# Cause% of serious
cases
1 Accident & Injury 21%
2 Cardiovascular & CirculatorySystem Diseases 15%
3 Gastrointestinal Disorders 15%
4 Ill Defined Symptoms - Minor 9%
5 Infectious Diseases - Major 8%
6 Musculoskeletal Disorders 7%
7 Urinary System Disorders 4%
8Gastrointestinal InfectiousDiseases 4%
9 Nervous System Disorders 3%
10 Referrals, Tests & Checkups 3%
Expatriates
# Cause
% of seriouscases
1 Pregnancy 13%
2 Gastrointestinal Disorders 12%
3 Ill Defined Symptoms - Minor 12%
4 Accident & Injury 12%
5 Infectious Diseases - Major 8%
6 Cardiovascular & CirculatorySystem Diseases 8%
7 Musculoskeletal Disorders 7%
8 Gynaecological & ReproductiveSystem Disorders 4%
9 Referrals, Tests & Checkups 4%
10 Urinary System Disorders 4%
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Risk of Evacuation related to medical risk of the country
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Reasons for Evacuation or Repatriationof Accidental Medical Tourists
• Local treatment not possible
• Local treatment not on international standard
• Cultural barriers
• Language barriers
• Social reasons
• Financial reasons
• Mutal decision of – Patient– Employer– Insurance – Medical provider
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Methods of Evacuations or Repatriations
Ground Transport?Air Ambulance ?
Commercial Airline ?
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Lear A 35
Speed :ca. 850 km/h
Starting length: min.1.400 m
Methods of Evacuations or Repatriations
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Methods of Evacuations or Repatriations
King Air Beech 200
Starting length 780 m
Speed 450 km / h
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Methods of Evacuations or Repatriations16,500 / Year
Ground Transport?Air Ambulance ?
Commercial Airline ?
92 %
8 %
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Methods of Evacuations or Repatriations (stretcher)
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Methods of Evacuations or Repatriations (PTC Lufthansa)
Patient Transport Compartment
A330 / A340 / A380 /
B 747-8 / B 747-400
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Methods of Evacuations or Repatriations (military)
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Medical Assistance and Local Care of Accidental Medical Tourists
Local Standard
“Patient Service”
Cultural Understanding
Cost Coverage
Language
Technical Equipment
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Summary
• Injuries and cardiovascular incidents are the main reasons for local care of
accidential medical tourists followed by infectious diseases
• Quality of emergency services count
• The challenge and chance of local treatment needs mutual acceptance
• Social and financial reasons
• Ground transport
• Commercial airlines or air ambulances
• Medical Case Management and Communication
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