General Travel
The field of travel medicine encompasses a wide variety of disciplines, including:
- Epidemiology
- Infectious disease
- Public health
- Tropical medicine
- High altitude physiology
- Travel related obstetrics
- Psychiatry
- Occupational medicine
- Military and migration medicine
- Environmental health
Dr Parker is able to assist with cruise ship travel, diving, mass gatherings (e.g. the Hajj), and wilderness/remote regions travel.
Travel medicine can primarily be divided into 4 main topics:
- Prevention: vaccination and travel advice
- Assistance: dealing with repatriation and medical treatment of travellers
- Wilderness medicine: high-altitude medicine, cruise ship medicine, expedition medicine, etc.
- Access to health care provided by travel insurance.
Dr Salim Parker Provides:
- Immunizations required and recommended for entry into foreign countries.
- Pre-travel consultation focusing on destination-specific health risks from food and water, parasitic disease, insect-borne illness such as malaria or dengue fever and effective preventative measures.
- Information on emergency contact and physician referrals, and provide access to carefully screened physicians and medical facilities worldwide.
- Computerized printout of destination-specific health risks, climate information, embassy and consulate phone numbers.
- Specialized consultation for foreign relocation, expatriate and extended travel.
- Specialized consultation for travellers with pre-existing medical conditions and those with special needs.
- Diagnosis and treatment of post-travel illness
If you are planning on travelling in the near future and are unsure whether you require vaccinations, visit the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention website:
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list