Travel Medicine
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Provide travel advice tailored to the individual, the destination and the planned activities.
Discuss general travel health education and prevention
Provide destination-specific information and advice to reduce the risk of injury, illness or infection
Provide specific advice for populations at higher risk or with specific circumstances
Manage conditions and presentations in the returned traveller, such as fever, traveller's diarrhoea and other specific illnesses.
Provide routine, catch-up and travel-specific immunisations.
RACGP Curriculum
Travel medicine is tailored and focuses on education, vaccination, and prevention of injury, illness, and infection, with care extending to the returned traveller.
Australia travel database
Over 11 million overseas trips are taken by Australians each year
The top 5 destination countries in 2024-25 were Indonesia, New Zealand, Japan, the USA and China.
Research has shown that only 36% of travellers seek medical advice before travel.
BEFORE Travel
(6-8 weeks prior)
DURING travel
AFTER travel
(6 weeks to 12 months)
Risk Assessment
Fitness to fly
Vaccination
Prophylaxis
Travel Kits
Food and water safety
Animal/insect exposure
Return travel with
Fever
Diarrhea
Rash
The pre-travel consult guideline
Fitness to fly
Qantas Group Medical Travel Clearance Guidelines
Royal Hospital for Women: Travel in Pregnancy
Many airlines do not allow women to fly after 36 weeks' gestation
Qantas inflight exercises
Traveler Assessment
🔑 Think: WHO + WHERE + WHAT + WHEN
WHO – The traveler
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Travel Itinerary
Countries: ^
Departure / Return dates: ^
Mode of transport: ^
Accommodation: ^
Activities / Special exposures: ^
Travel style: ^
Reason for Travel: ^
Medical & Safety Considerations
Relevant medical history / medications / allergies / pregnancy / breastfeeding: ^
Past travel experience / travel-related illness: ^
Vaccinations needed: ^
Malaria prophylaxis: ^
As-required medicines: ^
Travel insurance advised: ^
Vaccinations
MASTA
CDC travel
Yellow fever vaccine
BHG vaccine --> Western Sydney parramatta
Routine
Recommended
Required
Yellow Fever
Meningococcal ACWY
Polio Booster
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Prophalyaxis - infection vs altitute
Malaria chemoprophalysix
Travels kit
During travels
Insect repellants
Dog bite management
How to manage a sick day
After travels
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Yellow Fever Vaccination
M-POX
