For questions about travelling with medical devices, including pacemakers.
Questions tagged [medical-devices]
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Avoiding important carry-on luggage being taken away
Since I'm traveling with essential medicines and medical equipment it is key for me that my carry-on luggage is allowed to be carried into the aircraft cabin, so that it's available to me at all times, and not lost due to accidents or theft.
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Does anywhere restrict Salbutamol (inhaler for asthma)?
Up to now, I have not been concerned but other questions on medications have prompted me to check.
I have mild asthma, I rarely have an attack but I like to carry a Salbutamol inhaler as a precaution. Normally, one in hand carry and one in check-in…
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Must hearing aids be taken off when passing through security?
When someone uses hearing aids which is usually a small electronic device that is inserted into the ear, should they be taken off the person and passed through the x-ray machine along with electronics?
Body scanners are also common now in many…
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Power for CPAP on JetBlue Boston to AMS flight?
I must decide whether or not to bring the CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine) on-board or check-in luggage (preferable in the absence of power). The flight leaves Boston at 10 PM, so it would be nice to be able to use the CPAP. The…
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Portable oxygen concentrator
If I travel with a portable oxygen concetrator but I am not using it on the plane does it still have to be an FAA approved device.
I only use it at night with a CPAP machine.
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Flying with baggage for medical supplies/equipment in South America
my gf and I will be traveling through South America for the last 3 weeks of April. She is able-bodied and I am c5 quadriplegic that can walk with crutches for short distances/durations (like down the aisle of an airplane). We've traveled extensively…
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Checking in Medical Equipment for Free
I’m traveling domestically to Fairbanks, AK. I travel with Lymphedema medical equipment for my disability. I know I can take this equipment on the plane for free. Because the bag is large in size, can I check it in for free?
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Flying with medical equipment
I'll be traveling from the USA to Africa. Can I carry my portable ultrasound machine in checked baggage or will it need to be in my carry on due to the battery type?
The battery marked under Rating on the machine.
11.1V 2000mAh 22.2Wh
I'm using this…
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