Key questions on travel health (1.5 CPD hours)

Travel medicine specialists Dr Ron Behrens and Dr Bernadette Carroll consider common problems for travellers.

Learning objectives

This module will provide an update on travel medicine issues in primary care, including:

Using Loperamide to manage travellers diarrhoea
Advising women who are pregnant about risks involved with overseas travel
Providing accelerated immunisation regimes for travellers who present close to their departure date
Advising patients on the symptoms and management of acute mountain sickness
Deciding on which anti-malarial is suitable for an individual patient and advising patients on how to prevent bites
Advising travellers on medication and equipment to carry to deal with minor medical problems
Assessing patients with cardiac or lung problems on their fitness to fly
Considering precautions and preparations that parents with infants or young children will need to take

This module was first published on 23 December 2010 and was up to date with all key guidelines and evidence at that point. It will be reviewed as part of our routine update cycle by 23 December 2012 but will be updated sooner to reflect any key guideline changes.

Author

Bernadette Carroll is a research fellow at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

Dr Ron Behrens is consultant in tropical and travel medicine at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and runs travel medicine courses at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

GP Dr Julian Spinks

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