Method and system for identifying medical facilities along a travel route

A method for identifying a medical facility to a person in a vehicle moving along a travel route, the method comprising:

• (a) providing a database of medical facilities, the database including a name and location for each of the medical facilities;
• (b) establishing a non-verbal communications link between the vehicle and the database;
• (c) identifying the location of the person;
• (d) identifying, based partly on the location of the person and the database of medical facilities, a medical facility;
• and
• (e) communicating the name and location of the identified medical facility to the person via the non-verbal communications link.

A method of identifying medical facilities along a travel route, the method comprising:

• (a) comparing the travel route to a database containing medical facility information;
• (b) identifying at least one medical facility on or near the travel route based on the comparison;
• and
• (c) identifying a suitable stopping point along the travel route;
• wherein the medical facility is determined by one or more of the factors selected from the group consisting of:
• (a) type of medical services provided by the medical facility, (b) hours of operation of the medical facility, (c) available emergency equipment at the medical facility, (d) payment options available at the medical facility, and (e) cleanliness of the medical facility.

A method of identifying medical facilities alone a travel route, the method comprising:

• (a) comparing the travel route to a database containing medical facility information;
• (b) identifying at least one medical facility on or near the travel route based on the comparison;
• and
• (c) downloading and storing information pertaining to identified medical facilities wherein the downloaded and stored information includes at least one of the following:
• (a) types of medical services available at each identified medical facility;
• (b) the hours of operation for each identified medical facility;
• (c) contact information for each identified medical facility;
• and (d) languages spoken at each identified medical facility.

A system for determining medical facilities along a travel route of an aircraft, the system comprising:

• (a) an input device for providing aircraft location information;
• (b) a memory storing a database containing information relating to a plurality of medical facilities;
• (c) a processor operative to compare the aircraft location information with the database containing information relating to a plurality of medical facilities and identify at least one medical facility and a corresponding airport along the travel route of the aircraft based on the comparison;
• and
• (d) a display operative to show the identified at least one medical facility and corresponding airport along the travel route of the aircraft.

A method of locating a medical facility for an aircraft in transit, the method comprising:

• (a) determining a current location of the aircraft in transit;
• (b) comparing the current location of the aircraft in transit with locations of medical facilities stored in a database;
• (c) identifying at least one medical facility and a corresponding landing location which is near the current location of the aircraft based on the comparison;
• and
• (d) displaying the corresponding landing location for the at least one medical facility to a user in the aircraft.

A computer program having machine readable code stored on a tangible medium comprising:

• (a) code for obtaining a travel route;
• (b) code for comparing the travel route with information in a medical facility database;
• (c) code for identifying at least one medical facility based on the comparison;
• and
• (d) code for generating a display of the at least one identified medical facility.

A system for identifying medical facilities along a travel route, the system comprising:

• (a) input means for inputting travel location information;
• (b) storage means for storing a database containing information relating to a plurality of medical facilities;
• (c) processing means for comparing inputted travel location information with the information relating to the plurality of medical facilities stored in said database and for identifying at least one medical facility based on the comparison;
• and
• (d) display means for displaying information related to the identified at least one medical facility.