DAISY Award spotlight: “When I think back on how scary that evening was, I always think about how grateful I am that Lauren was our nurse”

Lauren Guthrie, RN 2 CC, works on the Labor and Delivery unit at Vanderbilt University Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

DAISY Award spotlight: “Hayleigh Murphy has a giant heart and is a fantastic nurse.”

Hayleigh Murphy, RN 2 CC, works on the 10 North Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Vanderbilt University Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

Emily Brown selected as medical director of Discharge Care Center 

The Discharge Care Center is a centralized resource to aid adult patients navigating the health care system after discharge.

Advanced practice practitioners added to Vanderbilt University Hospital leadership teams

In recognition of the importance and partnership of advanced practice practitioners (APPs) with nurses and physicians in delivering patient care, Vanderbilt University Hospital has added APP directors to the VUH segment leadership teams

Vanderbilt LifeFlight celebrates 40th anniversary of service

LifeFlight started as a single helicopter air ambulance service four decades ago and has grown to a comprehensive emergency medical services provider that includes critical care air and ground transport, a ground ambulance program, event medicine coverage, emergency and dispatch communications.

The LifeFlight legacy: 40 years in 40 photos

Since July 1984, LifeFlight has made 76,942 flights and transported 80,118 patients. It’s transported another 37,133 patients since its ground transport program began; critical care ground transports number 4,188.

This is the ever-expanding legacy: mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, husbands, children and grandparents — alive. Explore an audio clip, map and more.