 Few studies have considered the use of tablets as distraction tools for children undergoing surgery. Low and Pittaway briefly described using an iPhoneTM to distract 93 children in the preoperative period 16. However, the results are simply anecdotal. Patel et al. described a randomized control trial using hand held video games as a means of distraction compared to midazolam and a control group. They used the well validated and extensively used modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Score 17 to measure anxiety levels. However, this study included parents being present at induction in all the groups, which may make the results difficult to apply at the majority of institutions, where parental presence is not used - our institution included 11. 