Nov 13, 2009 | Fishing the Americas...a sportfishing journal

Friday, November 13, 2009

A Straight Forward Recommendation About Evacuation Insurance...

We Traveling Anglers MUST Have It!

Like many of you, I've subscribed to more than one or two of the Evacuation Providers policies over the years. I've often wondered, while visiting a remote destination in a far away country like the Lost Lagoons deep in the interior of the Amazon Rain Forrest, just how it would work should an accident occur and the need arise.

Recently I observed a friend and client as they unfortunately had to utilize the services of a provider due to an accidental fall in a boat which resulted in a severe injury. The outcome was, suffice it to say, less than desirable and the decisions of the provider were questionable. After I witnessed my friends unfortunate experience I knew I would spend some serious research hours evaluating the various companies offering evacuation services...for myself and my family members and my clients as well. After several inquiries of other's in the industry; after counseling with referrals I contacted and after much deliberation I settled on Global Rescue. Global Rescue is an emergency services company that provides best-in-class medical, aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue and security services to individuals, corporations, travelers and members of fishin' expeditions worldwide.

Global Rescue is committed to keeping our clients and its members safe. They provide the highest level of medical and security from the world's top experts and emergency evacuations from around the globe.

The world is a dangerous place. Whether it’s a car accident, heart attack, broken limb, infectious disease, natural disaster, sectarian conflict or other emergency event or threat of bodily harm, Global Rescue provides our clients the ability to control dangerous and difficult situations. If you're a Global Rescue member and are injured or become ill while traveling, their physicians and Johns Hopkins’ specialists will advise you. If you're hospitalized--or need hospitalization--and want to be evacuated to a medical facility of your choice, the very best-in-class air service providers will transport you. If you need to find a local health care provider, Global Rescue will locate one for you. If you need to be rescued from a dangerous situation, their special operations trained operators will get you out. These are just a few of the services that Global Rescue provides to members in need.

Most people aren't aware of the serious deficiencies of their health insurance, travel insurance, platinum card program or SOS hot line service. These programs do not respond timely and do not have in-house medical and security professionals to deploy to your location anywhere on the planet to solve your crisis. Global Rescue has a proven track record of success under the most difficult conditions.

When you're away from home, how will you get to the life saving medical treatment you or a family member needs? In an emergency, you need reliable advice to make the right decision, and an evacuation to a medical facility you can trust. We know that Global Rescue provides both.

Global Rescue picks up where travel insurance leaves off, and that is a very big "where."

If you suffer a heart attack, stroke, contract a life-threatening virus, or find yourself in a severe medical situation in a remote location, what do you do? Typical travel insurance companies very rarely pay for a medical evacuation - the cost of which is measured in the tens of thousands of dollars. And if they do, they'll take you to the "closest appropriate hospital." Your definition of "appropriate" will be vastly different from theirs when it's your life on the line.

Global Rescue's air ambulance services, real-time medical advice from specialists at John Hopkins, and deployable paramedics and security teams made up of special operations veterans are included in the price of a membership, which starts at $119. And they will get you home!
I strongly recommend that all of our clients invest in an evacuation policy whether short term (per trip) or on an annual basis. Global Rescue is my choice for that service provider.
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