This
is a question I never asked my clients or myself. I always concentrated on the
happiness of vacations. Well…NOW I have a first hand experience of the importance
of purchasing
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MedjetAssist
. This is something you should purchase and hope you never need to use!
My
personal story:
On January 10th, I was on a
business trip in the Dominican Republic. I was sent to experience a resort and
all the area had to offer. My itinerary for the first day was an ATV excursion
to two beaches including a picnic lunch on one of the beaches. Anyone whom knows
me, knows I’m not an ATV type of gal but this was for work so I went with the
flow.
In the DR, they use ATVs as
main transportation like cars and motorcycles. No helmets were provided because
in the DR they don’t have the helmet mentality that we have in the United
States.
I was on the back of an ATV
with the resort reservation manager driving. We went to the first beach and had
a lovely time. Around 11am we left the beach to go to the second beach to have a
picnic. In route, on a main road, the driver began to pick up speed. We were
going up a hill too fast, turned a curve in the road that went into a steep
hill with curves in an "S" like shape.
Since she was driving too
fast, she could not make the turn in the road and we went off the road into a
ravine. My body was thrown from the ATV and eventually I landed on my stomach
with the ATV on top of me. I tried so hard to get out from under it but I was
trapped and being crushed.
Our group did not realize
what took place because we were the last in the line of the ATVs. After a few
minutes they realized we were missing. In the meantime, 2 men on a motorcycle
drove by and found us. The driver was pretty much fine but she could not lift
the ATV off of me. The 2 men were able to lift the ATV off of me. I was taken
to the hospital. You can just imagine what this experience with like in a
hospital with everyone speaking Spanish and not having the technology that my
hospital at home has.
All I wanted to do to was
travel home the next day but the flight was at an airport over 2 hours away and
since I was in a great deal of pain and in wheelchair it would be very
difficult for me to travel home alone.
I had no choice but wait
until January 12th to travel home with the group. I arrived back in the USA, a car service picked me up at
JFK and drove me straight to my hospital of choice…Hackensack Hospital.
I was admitted to the Trauma
ER. I had a full body CatScan and multiple tests. Luckily no broken bones or internal bleeding were found. My ankle, ribs and left section
of my back are in the worse shape including tendent, tissue and muscle damage
from being crushed. Concussion issues leaving me post-concussive for abut a year. Of course post-traumatic stress disorder from the whole ordeal. The doctor can't believe I survived this accident. He told
me that I am a tough cookie and very lucky to be alive.
After going through this
accident, I realized the IMPORTANCE of
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MedjetAssist.
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MedjetAssist
is the premier global air-medical transport
membership program in the U.S., operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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MedjetAssist
membership arranges global air-medical transport for its members who are
hospitalized more than 150 miles from their home, both domestic and
international, to the hospital of their choice. Benefits also include
monitoring of member’s medical condition, 24/7 medical consultation, emergency
relay, worldwide medical and legal referrals, translation assistance and
transfer of mortal remains.
TIP: While travel insurance
and platinum card programs have important benefits, there may be medical
evacuation restrictions that could leave you wishing you had additional
protection.
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MedjetAssist
closes this gap.
The Jet Set Gal’s family
members are becoming
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MedjetAssist
Members…WILL YOU???
For more information and
pricing please contact me: julieannejuba@gmail.com
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