Rutgers faculty, staff, and graduate students sometimes travel abroad on university business and often conduct research in very exotic places. At times, access to medical services and emergency assistance can be difficult with local resources. The Office of Global Programs in New Brunswick and the Office of Risk Management are pleased to offer free emergency medical assistance to the University traveler abroad through the SOS International.

An HMO or Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance may not cover many critical areas and services while abroad. Even with the coverage, locating appropriate medical assistance and obtaining the resources for treatment can be time consuming and costly. To compliment your existing medical insurance the SOS International Assistance Program encompasses more areas.

* Medical Assistance including hospital admission deposit, medical monitoring, dispatch of a doctor or specialist, emergency medical evacuation, and medically supervised repatriation.

* Personal Assistance including pre-trip medical referral information, emergency medication, embassy and consular information, lost document assistance, emergency message transmission, medical emergency cash advance, legal access, translator/interpreter access, medical benefits versification and medical claims assistance.

* Travel Assistance including emergency travel arrangements, transportation to join disabled member, return of minor children, return of traveling companion, and return of vehicle.

Note: This Emergency Medical Assistance in neither medical nor trip cancellation insurance. It is designed to get you to competent emergency medical care if needed.

In order to enroll in this program:

• 1) Contact Rutgers Study Abroad at 732/932-2635, or email kawata@rutgers.edu  to register for the program with the following information: Name of traveler, department and address, school, phone number of traveler, email address, faculty or graduate student status, dates of departure and return, destination, purpose of University business.
  
• 2) After you have registered with the Global Programs Office, click on the links below to obtain the SOS International Program Card and relevant information.
  
  SOS International Assistance Program Card (Front View)
  SOS International Assistance Program Card (Back View)
  SOS International Alarm Center Information
  SOS International Assistance Services Information

NOTE: To activate the card for subsequent trips, the traveler must provide the following information to the Office of Global Programs: traveler name, department, school, email address, dates of travel, destination, and purpose of trip.

Last Updated: March 24, 2007

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