About
Herbie Products makes hospital emergencies less chaotic.
Pam and Tricia built HERBIE, the Hospital Emergency Resource Bag, after caring for their parents and seeing how hard it is to find the right medical information and essentials quickly in an emergency.
- A$58 including GST
- Dispatch in 1 to 2 business days
- 14 day returns, unused
Pam (left) and Tricia (right) own Herbie Products.
Why it exists
In emergencies, the same things fail first. Medications and history are hard to recall, contacts are missing, and caregivers are often too flustered to answer basic medical and personal questions when first responders arrive.
While caring for their parents, Pam and Tricia looked for a simple, low-fuss option to address this but could not find one. So they built HERBIE, a ready-to-grab system that keeps key information and first-stage essentials together, like a charger, glasses, and a few personal items.
Using decades of combined experience, Tricia brought community health and care insight and Pam brought practical design and production discipline. Together, they focused on a system that stays minimal, readable, and realistic to maintain.
- Information is hardest to recall under pressure
- Caregivers need one place for essentials
- Small essentials get separated during a busy visit
What the bag solves
A single place for the essentials before and during a hospital visit.
- A consistent place for medical information, so it can be read quickly
- Essentials together while you wait, like a charger, glasses, and small items
- A document holder suitable for discharge papers and scripts
Designed for the moments that go wrong
The details are deliberate. Small frictions become big problems when you are rushed, tired, or trying to communicate quickly.
- Convenient size for ambulance transfers and hospital admissions
- Document holder suitable for discharge papers and scripts
- Zip pocket for small essentials
- Eyelet for a charger cable, to help keep phone and cable together
- Handle to carry and hang
- Eye-catching colour so it is easy to spot
Medical information stays with you
Herbie is designed to keep your key information readable and easy to locate. It is not a digital record system.
- We do not store medical information online
- The medical information sheet is printed and kept in the document holder
- Set it up once, update anytime