What the Press is Saying about Pedia-Pak

The Orange County Register

These items can make life on the road a little bit easier
December 25, 2005

Pedia-Pak: One of the best traveling companions for families, Pedia-Pak, by the Pediatric Acute Care and Travel Corporation, is a compact multi-compartment medical bag containing several first-aid supplies and medications for treating the most common childhood ailments. It also contains bandages, ointments and creams. A first-aid book that covers emergency medical treatment for infants, children and adults rounds out this comprehensive assortment. Pedia-Pak also can be handed off to baby sitters and grandparents.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Handy for Parents, and Good For Kids
December 28, 2005

Parents who want to start the new year with an eye toward their kids' safety might want to make a small investment in a kit called the PediaPak.

The 3 1/2-pound tote bag is a health kit that includes medications like Tylenol and Motrin, plus a digital thermometer, ice pack, sterile bandages, tweezers and more. The kit can fit into a backpack, carryon luggage or a diaper bag.

Skylights Magazine

Bring a First Aid Kit for Little Ones
January/February 2006

If you're traveling with kids, bring along PediaPak ($65.95), an all-in-one medical kit created by a nurse who's also a mom. No bigger than a small purse, the PediaPak includes over-the-counter medications for pain and fever, allergies, coughs and gastrointestinal problems; antibiotic creams and other ointments; bandages, a digital thermometer and a first-aid book showing you what to do in an emergency.

Washington Post

IT CAME IN THE MAIL
October 9, 2005

The kids are in their car seats, the luggage is in the trunk — and as you head out the door, it might be worth your while to grab the Pedia-Pak, a well-organized nylon bag filled with almost 30 first-aid items. It's designed for infants and toddlers, but most of the contents can be used by the whole family.

If you like the convenience of a traveling medicine cabinet, and aren't put off by [the] price, it's an easy addition to most car trips. You'll be plenty prepared if Junior turns an ankle on the trail (instant ice pack, ace bandage), seems to be running a fever (digital thermometer, children's Tylenol or Motrin) or picks up an unwanted companion (Precision Compression Tick Tweezer).

For those who never quite managed to sign up for that first-aid course, there's also a 75-page handbook with step-by-step instructions to help you deal with the serious stuff.

Chicago Tribune

THE RESOURCEFUL TRAVELER: Travel accessories
September 11, 2005

Nurse B.J. Hilles was waiting to adopt her daughter from China when she began looking for a first-aid kit that would see the baby through whatever common childhood ailments might arise during the long trip home. Hilles didn't find one that met her specifications, so she put together her own with the help of a pediatrician. As often happens with good ideas, the initial need turned into a business: Pedia-Pak. Pedia-Pak assembles some 30 over-the-counter first-aid items appropriate for babies and children up to 5 years old. Bandages, gauze, hand sanitizer, alcohol wipes and antibiotic creams--the usual first-aid items--are here, of course. Among the more thoughtful inclusions are Children's Tylenol and Children's Motrin in liquid form, generic Benadryl, Ipecac syrup, a flexible digital thermometer, an instant cold pack, aloe vera gel, tweezers and even the "Easy Grip" tick remover. The kit also includes latex-free disposable gloves and the spiral-bound "Emergency Medical Treatment" book from Beechwood Healthbooks. All the items come in a durable nylon tote, roughly the size of a six-pack, that when unzipped can be suspended from one of the handles for easier access to the compartments. Even with all the inclusions, there's still room for parents to customize the kit with a child's particular needs such as prescription medications. Hilles promises that a portion of all profits from Pedia-Pak goes toward helping children in China who are still in orphanages.

KVBC TV (NBC Las Vegas)

How Prepared Are We For Disaster?
September 9, 2005

If you don't have the time to buy all of the medical supplies you might need for your kids in an emergency, consider this: It's called a Pedia-Pak. It's a $70.00 kit already stocked with everything from Children's Tylenol to ice packs and bandages. If you log on to www.pediapak.com, you can buy it or see a list of what's inside to help you make your pediatric emergency kit.

Deseret Morning News

First-aid kit well worth it
August 29, 2005

When I saw the price tag on the Pedia-Pak, I gasped: $65.95 seems pretty steep for a portable first-aid kit.

After looking through it, I think it's a steal.

The red, white and blue pack has a number of compartments, each packed not only with the items a parent needs when a child is injured (think elastic bandage, alcohol pads, iodine pads, bee-sting relief pads and bandages), but also everyday items that every parent should have on hand.

That includes children's Tylenol and Motrin, the generic equivalent of Benadryl, electrolyte mix and a bundle of various creams for everything from problem diaper rashes to antibiotic ointment, Hydrocortisone and aloe vera for sunburns.

One of the best items in this kit, however, is the book, "Emergency Medical Treatment: Infants, Children and Adults," by David Manhoff and Dr. Stephen Vogel. It slips neatly into the outer pouch and has tabs to make it easy to find the instructions you need and drawings to make it even easier to understand.

The kit also contains instruments, from standard tweezers to a medicine dropper, an instant cold pack, scissors, a digital thermometer for either oral or rectal use and more. Camping families will appreciate the tick tweezers and handy identification guide.

The retail value of the items, all of them actually useful to parents, easily exceeds the cost of the kit.

Mostly, though, I like the superb portability. It's lightweight and compact, so you can throw it in the trunk when you head for an outing or put it on a handy shelf at home. It's nowhere near as big as a diaper bag or a standard woman's purse.

And it brings everything together. There's no searching through cupboards for that one medicine or ointment -- it's all laid out in the pockets in easy-grab form.

There's an interesting story behind the development of this product. B.J. Hilles was in the process of adopting a child from China. She was concerned about the trip home with a child who may not have had adequate medical care, although she knew her skills as a nurse would see her through.

But because she is a nurse, she also had plenty of material for her imagination to fret over during the waiting period of the adoption, while she was trying to get things ready.

She set out to buy a first-aid kit but couldn't find one designed with children in mind.

Hilles and her pediatrician talked about what such a bag should contain. And because she did not know, at that time, exactly how old her daughter-to-be, Olivia, was, she expanded it to make a kit suitable for a child of any age.

That was the birth of Pedia-Pak, a parent/kid-friendly product that is worth a look.

Chicago Daily Herald

Products provide help on the road through parenthood
July 31, 2005

Traveling with babies and toddlers has always been a pain in the medulla oblongata, but there are new products and gadgets that seem to surface every, oh, nine months or so to make the trip less of a test. . . .

If you're new to this parenthood thing, you'll soon learn that a perfectly healthy child is bound to develop a cold, fever, diaper rash, strange spots, allergic reaction, scrapes, bruises, headache and myriad other issues once you hit the road. Take your insurance card as well as a PediaPak on your next trip.

Developed by a leading pediatrician and a nurse who trekked to China to adopt her baby girl, PediaPak is a premium pediatric first- aid kit specifically designed for use with infants and children up to 5 years old.

Perfect for travel to Granny's house or around the globe, it includes a practical, illustrated first-aid book, brand-name medications to treat common childhood ailments from upset stomach to allergies, ointments and creams, dressing supplies and instruments such as a digital thermometer, cold pack and tick remover. It weighs 3 1/2 pounds and fits into backpacks, diaper bags or carry-on luggage. If you were to purchase everything in the kit separately, you'd pay twice the cost of $65.95.

Pedia-Pak has also been featured as a "Bright Idea" in the Travel With Kids section of About.com, as well as in an article on "Great Traveling Gear for Kids (and Parents)" on BestStuff.com.