{"id":1743,"date":"2010-06-15T17:05:47","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T17:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/offcampusstudy\/?page_id=1743"},"modified":"2024-12-09T13:09:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T18:09:35","slug":"emergency-assistance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/facultyresources\/emergency-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Assistance Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/internationalstudents\/health\/europ-assistance\/\">CHUBB Travel Assistance program<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>provides emergency assistance for Bates students, faculty and staff (and accompanying dependents) traveling abroad on Bates College business.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The CHUBB emergency center is open 24\/7.\u00a0If calling from the United States, the number is: 1-800-243-6124.\u00a0If abroad, the number is:\u00a0+1-202-659-7803 (call collect).\u00a0The Bates plan number is: 01-SP-585. Please note that this emergency medical assistance does not eliminate the need for regular health insurance. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/files\/2015\/03\/ace.pdf\">Download the Information Card<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You should enter the appropriate telephone number into your cell phone so it will be available if needed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>When to Contact CHUBB Travel Assistance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You need medical advice on the country where you will be studying.<\/li>\n<li>You need help finding a doctor, dentist, hospital, attorney, interpreter, a US embassy or consulate.<\/li>\n<li>You need help obtaining prescription medications, including eye care.<\/li>\n<li>You need help replacing essential travel documents, including tickets and passport.<\/li>\n<li>You need an emergency cash advance, up to $1,000 USD.<\/li>\n<li>You need money to pay a doctor or hospital. (This is a temporary loan.)<\/li>\n<li>You need an emergency medical consultation and\/or medical monitoring of your condition and medical treatment.<\/li>\n<li>You need to determine whether you need a more specialized hospital for treatment.\u00a0CHUBB Assistance will dispatch a physician or specialist at its expense to evaluate your situation and determine whether an evacuation is needed.<\/li>\n<li>You need a medical evacuation to a more specialized hospital.\u00a0If CHUBB Assistance agrees, it will dispatch a physician or specialist to accompany you, arrange travel to the nearest suitable facility, and pay for these services.<\/li>\n<li>You need to return home for medical care on an emergency basis.\u00a0If CHUBB Assistance agrees, it will arrange your travel with medical supervision, if necessary, at its expense.<\/li>\n<li>If you are hospitalized for more than seven days and you want a family member to visit.\u00a0CHUBB Assistance will arrange and pay for the transportation costs of this individual.<\/li>\n<li>CHUBB Assistance will arrange and pay for the return of your remains if you die while abroad.<\/li>\n<li>In case of a political or natural disaster, CHUBB Assistance will arrange your evacuation to the nearest place of safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0CHUBB Travel Assistance program\u00a0provides emergency assistance for Bates students, faculty and staff&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-1743","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9215,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743\/revisions\/9215"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}