How can I create a list of hospitals along a driving route?

I wonder if this is the sort of thing AAA could help with? For decades whenever my parents traveled by car, they never left without going to the AAA office and getting a TripTych and TourBooks. Travel counselors would put ink stamps along the route indicating construction delays, attractions, hotels & restaurants. I bet they would know where all the hospitals were along a given route. I don't know if she's a member or interested in becoming one, but as a longtime long-distance driver, I'd never be without it. Here's the link to http://www.aaa.com/scripts/WebObjects.dll/ZipCode.woa/wa/route?rclub=111&rurl=http%3A//carolinas.aaa.com/Pages/Home.aspx to find your local club and inquire about services.

She might want to check in with her insurance company to see which hospitals en-route are in-network, if any. That might make the difference between a $1500 copay and a $30,000 bill.

If you want to focus on a hospital that is specifically great for giving birth etc, look for a level II or level III NICU rather than a trauma center, or the presence of an integrated birth center.

Make sure it is on paper and not trapped in some piece of electronics that will surely fail the moment it is needed. What I'd do is buy a cheap atlas or state roadmaps for each state, and just mark the locations of the hospitals right on the paper. Then use a compass and online driving directions to figure out where the cutoff points are. (Based on time, not miles. How much time would it take to drive on to the next location, or drive to the next exit and backtrack to the previous one? Or, print out maps with each hospital, and put them in a binder in order of geographic occurrence.

Note: the comment above that says any hospital with an ER is legally required to have an OB/GYN department is incorrect. Many small hospitals have an emergency department but do not provide OB services. They would be much better than delivering alone, but not what the asker is looking for.

Not exactly what you're looking for, but http://www.ushospitalfinder.com/ may help you to do this manually, if you can identify the cities she'll be driving through.

I'd approach this twofold - first, I'd create a driving map in Google Maps that includes stops in major towns. Then I'd copy the map (not familar enough to know how) and add in 'stops' at all hospitals along that route every couple of hours travelling time - as if you were travelling from hospital to hospital. Spend some time on the web ferreting out sizes of hospitals - just call them or the ask-a-nurse line if one, and explain that your family member will be travelling pregnant, are they able to handle it. Takes a little look work and finger work, but will be buildable, I think, given a couple of hours. Good luck.

Any hospital with an ER is legally required to have an OB/GYN department (not urgent care, but a real emergency department). I do not say this to harsh the great ideas here but it may be a good fact to tuck into the travelers' heads, in case an issue arises and they are distant from the best places you have already identified.

Does the car have a GPS? Both the in-dash GPS (in my car) and the aftermarket one (in our van) have a Emergency button that can direct you to the closest hospital, police or fire department.