Wednesday's Wake Up Call!: Summer travel and health care

Ways to localize the story:

-- Where does your town fall in the report? What parts of your readership area are farther than 45 minutes from a hospital or immediate care center? Do those areas include schools, parks or other attractions where injuries could happen? Map these facilities to find the gaps.

-- Ask your local health care systems if there are plans to expand into areas where emergency care is sparse. Do others in your area, such as local medical colleges or private doctors, fill in the gaps?

-- Provide tips for your readers going on vacation in the U.S. They may want to take some of the same precautions as one would for going abroad, as far as finding hospitals and clinics near their destination where their insurance is accepted. A facility may not be as close as they think.