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KERNERSVILLE, N.C. - Students from Triad Baptist School got a special tour of Kernersville Medical Center Wednesday. Organizers hope the trip will show them hospitals aren't as scary as they think. To prove the point, doctors fixed up some pint-sized patients.

Ethan has never been to the emergency room before, but he has to be there because his teddy bear is very sick. “He did a 360 twist and hurt both of his arms,” first grader Ethan Lindsay said.

But with a visit to the doctor, his bear is on his way to feeling better. “Well we like to examine them totally and make sure that there is no other underlying problems and with kids, their perception of how you fix things is always a Band-Aid and a bandage,” Pediatrician Dr. Kirk Walker said. “So we try to comply with that standard of care.”

Walker says by helping their bears feel better, he hopes the kids will see that the hospital isn't such a scary place. And if they ever need to be the patient, he hopes this will make it that much easier.

“Seeing it in a non-stressed situation is especially important and knowing that we're here to help,” Walker said.

And that message is definitely sticking with Ethan. “That um, it doesn't hurt when you get treated,” he said.

The class from Triad Baptist School also donated 50 teddy bears to help other kids feel better when they are in the hospital.