Contents
Introduction
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3
Black
Sea Countries Health Systems
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4
Travel
Medicine on the Black Sea ......................................................................................................
21
An
Approach To Counselling Travellers Going To Altitude
.................................................................
37
Scuba
Medicine .................................................................................................................................
43
Cruise
Ship Medicine .........................................................................................................................
51
In
Flight Emergencies .........................................................................................................................
70
The
Dark Side of Travel ....................................................................................................................
85
Highlights
of the Eastern European Neurology Association .................................................................
106
Volunteering
in the Ukraine ...............................................................................................................
107
Introduction
The
following lectures were originally prepared as an Introductory series
to Travel Medicine for family physicians while aboard a Cruise ship
starting in Athens and proceeding through Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia,
Turkey and Back to Greece. The attendees were to learn about Travel
and Geographic Medicine while travelling.
I
had also attended the Eastern European Neurologist Association held
in April of this year and was able to meet many Ukrainian Physicians.
Attending this conference and speaking with the various delegates
provided useful information for the Black Sea Meeting later in July.
The
general topics on Travel Medicine were selected to give a good introduction.
The
session on Black Sea countries includes a comparison of the various
countries visited. In Odessa a brief meeting was also conducted
with 2 local physicians who described their clinical practices.
The
Dark Side of Travel was specially written to address pressing social
issues regarding Travelers that travel medicine rarely effectively
deals with yet have a huge impact on Human Health worldwide.
After
the conference we held a follow-up meeting in Winnipeg Manitoba
to present the conclusions of the Eastern European Neurologist Association
and an update on the current conditions in Ukraine- both political
and Health related.
Roman
Yerniuk and Tim Podolsky who together travelled to Western Ukraine
to organize Youth camps this past summer also joined us and spoke
about their experiences. These camps were for both Canadian and
Ukrainian youths who were brought together to learn on. Roman is
also involved in several philanthropic organizations helping orphans
and underprivileged groups in Ukraine. He may be contacted for updates
on his present and future projects for Ukraine. Ukraine is a very
interesting country and deserves attention.
Travelers
now have greater access to this region. Tourism is underdeveloped
at present but promised to rapidly begin. These notes are also meant
to help travelers and International workers to Ukraine and other
eastern European countries.
Gary Podolsky
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