Entries Categorized as 'Safe & Healthy Travel'
August 7, 2011
Common sense, air conditioning and readily available drinking water have greatly reduced the incidence of heat-related illness in infants and children. But don’t let your vigil down. Cases do still occur, generally due to lack of forethought, and sometimes with horrific results. Here is what you must know: 1. The younger the child, the more [...]
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Tags: acclimatization, air conditioning, air temperature, baby carriers, children, Dehydration, drinking water, fluids, healthy, heat index, heat-related illness, HI, hot weather, Infants, national weather service, obesity, perspiration, Prevention, relative humidity
July 17, 2011
Motor vehicle-related accidents – not illnesses – are the biggest threat for families traveling overseas. While illnesses occur far more frequently – and children are especially susceptible – most illnesses are minor. On the other hand, injuries, whether to car occupants or pedestrians, are the leading cause of death of Americans overseas and of British [...]
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Tags: australia, Brazil, canada, China, Driving, family travel, India, jetlag, local transportation, Mexico, Morocco, motor vehicle related accidents, motor vehicle safety, motor vehicles, Nigeria, Norway, overseas, overseas motor vehicle, road hazards, Russia, traffic circles, traffic signals, traffic signs, UK, US, Vietnam
July 4, 2011
Polio in Russia. Measles in France. E. coli in Germany. Diseases that are particularly harmful to children. Diseases that you thought you would no longer hear much about are popping up in countries where you least expect to find them. Health-wise, is foreign travel become more hazardous? 1. On the contrary. Foreign travel is [...]
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Tags: africa, australia, canada, cardiology, CDC, centers for disease control, chicken pox, Cruise ships, diphtheria, disease outbreaks, e. coli, e.coli germany, eurotravnet, foreign travel, geosentinel, hemophilus meningitis, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, immunizations, international society of travel medicine, istm, Malaria, measles, measles france, menigococcal meningitis, mumps, new zealand, obstetrics, paralysis, pediatrics, pertussis, polio, rubella, russia polio, soviet union, tetanus, varicella, who, whooping cough, World Health Organization
May 19, 2011
Just when you thought that you knew all you had to know about children’s car safety seats, the experts come up with a slew of new recommendations, forcing you to rethink what you were sure that you already knew. 1. The new recommendations: Children should ride in rear-facing safety seats until they are two years [...]
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Tags: AAP, car accidents, car seats, children, front-facing car seats, infant car safety seats, kids car seats, kids travel doctor, nhtsa, parents, pediatrics, rear-facing safety seats, safe car seats
April 9, 2011
Update on Children/Vacations* Unreasonable parental expectations and poor parental planning mar more family vacations than obstinate children. While traveling with kids will always have its ups and downs, savvy parents can keep the inevitable squabbles down to a manageable few. Here is what you should know: Your primary goal should be kids having fun. Family [...]
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Tags: airport, behavioral issues, campers, children, Destinations, Dr. Karl Neumann, homesickness, hotel rooms, inclement weather, kids, Kids Travel Doc, kids travel doctor, motion sickness, museum, parents, ski resort, Toddlers, travel doctor, vacations
March 27, 2011
The Modern Medical Kit for Family Travel A small, customized medical kit can be a real lifesaver when traveling with children. Never leave home without one. 1. Technology is the new first aid. Cell phones enable you to consult with all your child’s health care providers – pediatricians, orthodontists and allergists, for example. (Surprise! they [...]
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Tags: Allergies, allergists, antibiotics, children, diagnosis, Dr. Karl Neumann, emergency numbers, health insurance, immunization records, Kids Travel Doc, medical issues, Medical kit, Medications, orthodontists, pediatricians, personalized first aid kit, reimbursement, smartphone, travel doctor, World Health Organization
March 4, 2011
Caution: travel is hazardous for children who are not fully immunized. And it doesn’t matter who is doing the traveling – your child or perfect strangers. • Example: Last month, a woman with a communicable case of measles traveled by air from London to New Mexico, stopping at airports in Baltimore, Denver, and Albuquerque. Similar [...]
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Tags: Air Travel, aircraft, chickenpox, contagious viral disease, immunized, Malaria, measles, measles autism wakefield, new vaccines, pertussis, polio, quarantine, rubella, Travel, travel-related diseases, traveling overseas, vaccinating children, vaccine-preventable diseases, Venice, whooping cough
February 14, 2011
• Infants are the only items on an aircraft that need not be battened down for takeoff, turbulence and landing. In case of severe turbulence or survivable crashes, an unrestrained 20-pound (9 kilos) infant sitting on your lap effectively and instantaneously becomes a 300-pound weight (136 kilos) that you cannot restrain. Such infants have hit the ceiling of [...]
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Tags: aviation safety, CARES, child air safety, child airplane safety, Child Aviation Restraint System, child restraint system, child restraint systems, CRS, in-flight safety, Infants
January 3, 2011
Remind children about “freeze” before taking trips, visiting amusements parks, and outings in rural areas. Remind them of what? Yes. Freeze. This is a game in which children run about until a designated caller yells, “Freeze!” The children stop in their tracks (freeze) and remain in that place until the caller gives the all-clear signal [...]
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Tags: amusmement parks, becoming separated, child id tags, child lost, child safety, electronic surveillance kids, elevator safety, freeze, how to prepare children for trips, hug a tree, kids safety, kids safety tips, kids travel tips, lost child, report lost children, retrace steps, tips for not getting lost, what to do if your child is lost
December 21, 2010
You’re planning to take your family to Disneyworld: parents, two children, one in fourth grade, the other in second. You are as anxious to go as they are: you’re feeling guilty. Lately you’ve spent too little time with them because of your work schedules. You find a package that seems too good to be true: [...]
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Tags: disneyworld, kids travel, Kids Travel Doc, kids travel doctor
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