I travel a lot and everywhere. Much of the time I am traveling for business, but I do fit in some leisure trips that often include my two kids, my young nieces or my elderly parents. I know what it is like to be in a strange emergency room with a kid who has a broken nose from falling off a bike, or sitting for hours in an unfamiliar urgent care unit with an aging parent who is running a fever. Soon the fun trip is not so much fun.

But through all my trials and tribulations, I have learned to live by another world traveler’s sage advice—that of Benjamin Franklin who coined the very apt phrase, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” You can do your absolute best job at booking flights and hotels, but you need to put just as much effort into creating a healthcare plan for while you are away from home. So I have taken all of my hard-earned knowledge as an experienced healthcare expert and seasoned traveler and created this message, 5 Prescriptions You Won’t Find in Your Doctor’s Bag: Handling Healthcare Hazards Away From Home.