Kristin Smart

July 1, 2020

Fourth of July during the COVID-19 pandemic: Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctors urge safe celebrations

Oh, beautiful for spacious distancing, with ample space between

By Kristin Smart
VUPD officer Sgt. Eddie Lawler and his K-9 companion Akali and Sgt. Joe Musick and Kato pose for a photo at VUMC.
April 29, 2020

Adult Hospital adds K-9 unit for patient, staff, visitor safety

Two Drug Detection Canines (DDC) are now reporting for duty in the halls and units of the Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital (VUAH).

By Kristin Smart
December 12, 2019

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists treated VUMC staff for the holidays, and this care required a glass of milk.

This sweet tradition has been going strong for 23 years

By Kristin Smart
June 12, 2019

Baby boom hits Emergency Room; 17 employees expecting babies this year

Fourteen nurses, two doctors and a social worker walk into an Emergency Department. They’re all pregnant.

By Kristin Smart
April 3, 2019

This high school math teacher almost died in a car wreck. He comes back three times a year to encourage other trauma patients.

Goodie bags and words of hope from somebody who’s been there.

By Kristin Smart
LifeFlight’s Michelle Brazil, RN, EMT, left, and Jill Hazelwood, CCP, work with the Haiku app to view patients’ medical records.
March 14, 2019

LifeFlight enhances in-flight patient care with Haiku app

Vanderbilt LifeFlight is known for transporting critically injured patients to Vanderbilt University Medical Center while providing emergency care with little to no medical information about its patients.

By Kristin Smart
October 25, 2018

Slovis honored by College of Emergency Physicians

Corey Slovis, MD, professor and chair of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt, has been awarded the 2018 National Outstanding Contribution to Education Award by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
By Kristin Smart
September 27, 2018

Plasma study proves increased survival rate of critically injured patients

By Kristin Smart
June 25, 2018

Volunteer Christi Williams and Layla the “Rehab Lab” featured in national dog food commercial

“She loves it; she goes in tail wagging."
By Kristin Smart
June 7, 2018

VUMC team devises ‘novel’ idea to help improve hypertension education

Reading a comic book may improve the health of hypertension patients, or at least that’s the goal of a new study at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Kristin Smart
April 27, 2018

“Property Brothers” help VUMC employee create her dream house

Spending lots of money, feeling lots of stress: typical house renovation. Being on national television at the same time: not typical.
By Kristin Smart
March 1, 2018

Older adults less likely to receive flu tests: study

An influenza diagnosis for people 65 and older is serious. Up to 85 percent of influenza-related deaths occur in older adults, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention reports.
By Kristin Smart