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Walnut Creek, CA (openPR) 1 March 2007

Cruises are great. Get in and enjoy the scenery ports of call, entertainment, spa and amazing food. This is usually the case. But according to Travel Insurance Services, specialists in travel insurance plans in connection with more than thirty years, cruise passengers get hurt or sick often enough that they will be ready for the possibility. It may be that a cruise travel insurance cover that illness, injury and medical evacuation.

University of Texas study showed that four out of 100 passengers on board, hospital wards, 18% attended for injuries and 69% for medical conditions. The study found similarities between conditions that happen on cruises and treated in the emergency room on the ground.

sunburn and “Hangover

cruise lines have not recognize the medical care on board, but many travelers see the variety and severity of conditions cruise doctors and nurses. Most people mistakenly believe the “medicine of the cruise includes the treatment of sunburn and hangover,” said Sally van Boheemen, RN and Director of Operations for the Holland America Line Fleet Medical. “While these diseases are certainly not what they are usually always busy medical centers.” The policy may also traveler’s diarrhea, a sprained ankle, a broken hip, stroke, heart attack or something even more serious. The study in Texas: “The most common diagnosis was respiratory infection (29%) and 11% of patients with a diagnosis of severe or potentially are lethal.”

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that “the diversity of the passengers and crew members of a typical cruise ship also means diverse background in health and vaccination status, trends and public health medicine and behavior, and to the potential exposure diseases. “The CDC recommends that travelers are recommended to be cruising to date for their” routinely for age and health status of specific vaccinations. “

be sure to cover the costs of medical treatment and have

passengers often have to leave a ship for medical reasons. In 2000, Holland America Line alone had 600 medical landings. Sometimes passengers can disembark for treatment at a scheduled port or by ship back to port, but other times a specially equipped medical helicopter or air ambulance is required. The medical evacuation expense can range from 000 -, 000 € or more and can not in the plan of a passenger stateside health insurance are covered.

travelers should check to plan the cover of their current health status. Is their coverage of medical expenses throughout their trip, including travel outside their country? Is it pay for medical evacuation? Otherwise, they should find a short-term travel insurance that will cover health.

Travel Insurance Services (TIS) has developed affordable cruise travel insurance plans to meet those needs. Plans, such as Inter Medical Insurance and Travel Insurance Select benefits for medical expenses and medical emergencies. Each plan includes 24-hour multilingual emergency assistance around the world who helps organize transportation in medical emergencies, medical care location service, monitors medical cases, communicates treatments by doctors at home and deliver emergency messages to friends and family.

Travel Insurance Services (TIS) is a USI Affinity (www.usiaffinity.com) a division of USI Holdings Corporation (USI). TIS is an insurance brokerage, nationwide that met the insurance needs of travelers for 33 years. It develops, markets and administers travel insurance and international health policies for individuals, families, groups and businesses. For more information about the company and its products, visit travelinsure.com. USI is a leading distributor of insurance and financial services companies in the United States. USI is in Briarcliff Manor, NY, with headquarters and operates 66 offices in 18 states, www.usi.biz.

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