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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volume 13, Issue 6, November–December 2015, Pages 509-510
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

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Fire on cruise ships – An underestimated risk in travel medicine

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Conflict of interest

The corresponding author states that as CEO for the company Medical-Shimanagement a potential conflict of interest exists. Medical Shipmanagement will also be hosting the International Course in Cruise Medicine in 2016. VA and FS declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

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    The highly probable dis-ability to react to emergency alerts quickly and appropriately remains a serious concern for the disabled travellers. The danger of hotel [46] or cruise ship fires [47] has been alerted to but fires on any tourist transport, such as buses, vans, trains or ferries, need to be included in this warning. In an effort to save as many lives as possible, evacuating mobile and quickly moving people first may mean the leaving behind or forgetting the immobile or sensory impaired passengers.

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