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Medical care in the US can be Hotel personnel will usually be
expensive. Even with medi cal able to call a doctor or a dentist
insurance, you may still have and recommend a hospital on
to pay upfront and claim request. Fairbanks Memorial
reimbursement from your Hospital in Fairbanks and
insurance company later, so Anchorage’s Providence Alaska
ask for all forms and receipts. Medical Center offer general
medical care and critical care
services. Alaska Regional
Travel Insurance
Hospital also offers a Physician
Partly due to the high cost of Referral Service. Bartlett Regional
medical care in the US, visitors Hospital in Juneau has an acute
are urged to pur chase travel care and emergency department,
health insur ance for the duration while Central Peninsula General
of their stay. The package should Hospital in Soldotna has a shock
cover death or dismember ment, trauma center.
den tal and medi cal care, flight Classic Smokey Bear fire prevention sign,
delays and cancellations, and Outdoor Hazards Dawson City, Canada
lost or stolen baggage.
Alaska’s weather can be extreme It is important to watch campfires
and volatile, and without proper closely and to extinguish
Emergencies
clothing and shelter, even in the cigarettes carefully. Visitors who
For emergencies that require summer, hypothermia is a risk see a developing forest fire,
medical, fire, or police ser vices, on wet, windy days. The layering especially near populated areas,
dial 911. Contact num bers of method works best, and must should move away and report
ambulance services, the Coast include layers for warmth and it to the authori ties. During
Guard, Rescue Services for insulation, as well as an outer lightning storms, avoid ridges
stranded hikers or campers, Fire waterproof shell. or open areas, and do not stand
Departments, and the Poison At higher elevations, the or camp beneath tall trees.
Control Center are listed in summer sun can be surprisingly Earthquake and tsunami
telephone direc tory Blue Pages. strong. It is wise to use an warnings are issued by the
All hospitals in Alaska are effective sunscreen, wear a Alaska Tsunami Warning
equipped with emergency rooms, hat, and carry sufficient water. Center, but the chances of
and their numbers are listed in Filtering any water taken from these occuring during a visit
the telephone book. Although natural sources is vital, as are remote. While most peo ple
critical emer gency cases cannot Alaskan streams and lakes are concerned about bear
be turned away by hospitals, harbor the giardia para site. encounters, following a few
evidence of the ability to pay may In the summer, wildfires and simple guidelines (see p111)
be required before treatment in thunderstorms are perpetual will almost eliminate the
non-emergency cases. risks, especially in the Interior. possibility of harm.
DIRECTORY
Emergency Hospitals Fairbanks Memorial Consulates
Services Alaska Regional Hospital Australia
Hospital 1650 Cowles St, Fairbanks. 575 Market St, Suite 1800,
All Emergencies Tel 452-8181.
Tel 911. 2801 DeBarr Rd, Providence Alaska San Francisco, CA 94105.
Anchorage. Medical Center Tel (415) 644-3630.
Alaska State Troopers Tel 276-1131, (888) 254- 3200 Providence Dr, Canada
Anchorage Tel 269-5511. 7884 (physician referral). Anchorage. Tel 562-2211. 1501 4th Ave, Suite 600,
Fairbanks Tel 451-5100. ∑ alaskaregional.com ∑ providence.org Seattle, WA 98101.
Juneau Tel 465-4000. Bartlett Regional Pharmacy Discount Card Tel (206) 443-1777.
Ketchikan Tel 225-5118. Hospital ∑ goorx.com New Zealand
Kodiak Tel 486-4121. 3260 Hospital Drive, Police Non- 10649 N Beach Rd, Bow,
Mat-Su Tel 373-8300. Juneau. Tel 796-8900. Emergency Line WA 98232. Tel (360) 766-
Sitka Tel 747-3254. ∑ bartletthospital.org Anchorage Tel 786-8500. 8002.
Fairbanks Tel 459-6500.
Soldotna Tel 262-4453. Juneau Tel 586-0600. UK
Central Peninsula 1 Sansome St, Suite 850,
Alaska Tsunami General Hospital Ketchikan Tel 225-6631. San Francisco, CA 94104.
Kodiak Tel 486-8000.
Warning Center 250 Hospital Place, Sitka Tel 747-3245. Tel (415) 617-1300.
Tel 745-4212. Soldotna. Tel 714-4404. Soldotna Tel 262-4455.
∑ wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov ∑ cpgh.org Wasilla Tel 352-5401.

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