“I never expected the unexpected. I was on an adventure in Alaska aboard my BMW motorcycle with a sidecar rig. An unfortunate accident occurred. I sustained very bad injuries that required an immediate paramedic response. I was transported by ground ambulance to the Fairbanks hospital. I contacted my wife Gini and she contacted SkyMed. After […]
“My husband, Peter, and I were enjoying ourselves on a popular cruise line,” recalls Duffy Nemers. “We had just left Dubai and were on the Red Sea. Peter got quite ill, and I called the ship’s medical facility. We discovered he had had a silent heart attack. The ship’s facility couldn’t do much for him, […]
Google “how to save money on travel” and you will literally get about 433,000,000 results in .37 seconds. Whether it’s “being flexible with your travel dates” or “going directly to the airline website,” there’s another super hot tip that can save you thousands of dollars—not to mention, your very life! Here’s the Hot Tip: Purchase […]
When Douglas Miller, an ex-pat living in Guadalajara, Mexico, began having light chest pains, he consulted a cardiologist who quickly suggested a heart catheterization to determine the cause. According to friend Kerri Moon, Douglas was told in no uncertain terms that he needed surgery immediately. “[We] made the call [to SkyMed] together upon first hearing the […]
There’s nothing more fun than a cruise—but nothing less fun than getting sick on one. Cruise ships have a reputation for being floating germ incubators, but truth is, you have about a third less chance of getting sick on one than you do picking something up at home. However, if someone is contagious and goes […]
Don Sweet – San Francisco, California My wife and I had been traveling in Russia and this was our first time taking the winter cruise between St. Petersburg and Moscow-Minsk. After three days on the cruise I noticed I had blood blisters here and there and bruise-like marks on my body and went to see the […]
