MedAire, an International SOS company, has announced a new e-learning course to provide crewmembers and executives with the knowledge and skills to enhance their personal safety when traveling.

MedAire’s Travel Risk Awareness e-Learning provides information on layover safety, travel precautions when choosing accommodation and transport, as well as tactics to respond to acts of violence, crime, natural disasters in an unfamiliar location.

The web-based course content is based on real-life scenarios from MedAire’s medical and security assistance experience.

“Taking a proactive approach to preparing crew and passengers before travel is an essential part of any travel risk management plan,” said Bill Dolny, CEO of MedAire. “MedAire’s Travel Risk Awareness e-Learning educates students on personal safety best practices and helps mitigate the security risks crew and executives may face when traveling.”

The Travel Risk Awareness e-Learning is part of the MedAire travel risk management suite of services. The online course can be completed at the students’ convenience, wherever they are located. The course includes infographics, animations, expert videos, and audio film strips to keep students engaged and includes a Traveler Toolkit, a handy reference guide of key tips and risk mitigation advice.

The e-Learning platform reduces productivity losses and travel-related costs of having to attend in-person training. In addition, reporting capabilities allow clients to monitor whether their employees have completed the course to track compliance with internal travel policies.

MedAire’s Travel Risk Awareness e-Learning is compatible with Windows and iOS operating systems.

For more information about MedAire’s integrated travel safety services, visit www.medaire.com/bga.

App puts travel risk management at your fingertips

Travel risk management advice and assistance is now available on your iPhone. MedAire’s popular app, Trip Ready, provides important travel safety information for pilots and crew.

Previously available only for the Apple iPad, the MedAire Trip Ready app provides users essential information about their destinations. Organized by ICAO, users can build their own dashboard to see medical and travel risk ratings, local time, current weather, and NOTAMs for each destination on their itinerary.

All users have access to further information on their destinations by ICAO airport code, including nearby lodging & dining options, conversion calculators (currency, distance, temperature), and a feature to add personal notes about their itinerary. A weather tab includes information on temperature, visibility, winds, METAR and TAF. Users with MedAire Membership have access to even more features, including notification of events that may affect their itinerary or personal wellbeing, including disease outbreaks, protests, and natural disasters. In addition to being alerted of the event, users are provided a synopsis of the occurrence and advice to mitigate the risk. “We refer to MedAire Trip Ready when deciding whether to accept a flight and making our go/no go decisions” Stephen Finch, Commercial Manager of Finesse Executive said. “With the MedAire Trip Ready app for iPhone, our crews will have access to critical information down route, allowing us to reduce risks to potential travel safety issues and add to the wellbeing of our passengers and crew.”

Enhanced features on the MedAire Trip Ready app for iPhone include the ability to call MedAire’s MedLink global response center directly from the app, as well as find nearby lodging and dining options by distance from your current location.

MedAire members have access to Aviation Travel Security Briefs via Trip Ready. The Aviation Travel Security Briefs provide an overview of medical and security considerations in the vicinity of the airport and may be downloaded and emailed to other crew and passengers.

The MedAire Trip Ready app for iPhone requires iOS 7.0 or later.

For more information and to download the MedAire Trip Ready app for iPad or iPhone, visit www.medaire.com/tripready