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Travel Health &
Safety Guides, Tips & Tools
Trools which stands for Travel Tools is
a comprehensive listing of tools, widgets, tips, tricks and more for the
travelers. This section of Trools has inputs on tools for travel health &
safety (Trools Home)
- Vaccination Recommendations
- Here are the medications that the CDC recommends
you take with you when you travel:
- Personal prescription medications
- Antimalarial medications, if applicable
- Antidiarrheal medication (such as bismuth subsalicylate
or loperamide)
- Antibiotic for self-treatment of moderate to severe
diarrhea
- Antihistamine
- Decongestant, alone or in combination with
antihistamine
- Anti-motion-sickness medication
- Acetaminophen, aspirin, ibuprofen, or another
medication for pain or fever
- Mild laxative
- Cough suppressant/expectorant
- Throat lozenges
- Antacid
- Antifungal and antibacterial ointments or creams
- 1% hydrocortisone cream
- Epinephrine auto-injector (such as EpiPen), especially
if you have a history of severe allergic reaction.
- Here are some other important items that the CDC
recommends:
- Insect repellents
- Sunscreen
- Aloe gel for sunburns
- Digital thermometer Outdoor, cooking & medical digital thermometers
- Oral rehydration solution packets - Oral
Rehydration therapy from Wikipedia
- Basic first-aid items - adhesive bandages, gauze, ace
wrap, antiseptic, tweezers, scissors, cotton-tipped applicators
- Antibacterial hand wipes or alcohol-based hand
sanitizer
- Moleskin for blisters
- Lubricating eyedrops
- First-aid quick reference card Travel First Aid Kits
from Revolution
Health; First Aid Kit for Travelers from
Medic8
- Health Information for Your Destination at Travel
Health Online - A great place to start is the Travel Health Online website. It
contains a wealth of information that travelers will find informative
for protecting their health.
- Advice from the Centers for Disease Control Website
- excellent information provided by the Department of Health and Human
Services Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website. Its Travelers' Health area is filled
with useful health information.
- The Illness
and Injury Abroad section of the CDC website is a great resource for
travelers who visit foreign countries. It covers travel-specific
warnings but also has information on medical emergencies.
- Consult the World
Health Organization for International Travel - The World Health
Organization lists a variety of travel-related health topics on its
website at It is very helpful in that you can look up any health problem
you may have, such as asthma or diabetes, to get information about that
disease and how it has affected people globally. The World Health
Organization website also has specific information about disease
outbreaks in all areas of the world.
- Some useful travel health related articles:
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