Department of Emergency Medicine Archive — Page 5 of 5

February 8, 2018

McKinney named to direct Emergency Medical Services

Over the past decade, the Department of Emergency Medicine has significantly expanded its Division of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to oversee the medical care of the Nashville Fire Department and Nashville EMS, the Nashville International Airport, the region’s 911 Dispatch Center, Vanderbilt LifeFlight, Vanderbilt LifeFlight Event Medicine and Metro Nashville’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a person with curly dark hair and glasses, wearing blue medical scrubs.
September 7, 2017

APRN Emergency Medicine Fellowship created

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is starting an Advanced Practice Emergency Medicine Fellowship, one of the first programs in the country exclusively for nurse practitioners specializing in emergency care.

By Matt Batcheldor
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March 20, 2017

Delirium in the ED

Interventions for delirium in the emergency department setting are needed to preserve patients’ long-term function and cognition, Vanderbilt investigators have found.

By Laura Daniel
Portrait of a smiling bearded man wearing a light blue shirt and striped tie.
March 16, 2017

Ambulance association honors LifeFlight’s Brywczynski

The Tennessee Ambulance Service Association (TASA) has named Vanderbilt LifeFlight’s Jeremy Brywczynski, M.D., as the medical director of the year for the statewide ambulance association.

By Jerry Jones
Ian D. Jones, M.D., wearing a white medical coat and yellow tie, stands with folded arms in an adult emergency department, with illuminated medical equipment behind him.
January 5, 2017

Emergency Medicine’s Jones thrives on variety

Last May, Ian Jones, M.D., associate professor of Emergency Medicine and executive medical director of Emergency Services at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, stopped in his tracks when news reports flashed about lava overflowing the crater lake at the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii.

By Jessica Pasley
A student in a gray medical coat holds a clipboard and speaks with a patient reclining in a hospital bed in an emergency department room.
December 15, 2016

New course gives undergrads taste of patient care experience

Many doctors and nurses recall their first patient interaction — a rite of passage that occurs during medical or nursing school training. Now an innovative program is pushing the patient encounter for a few Vanderbilt University students into the undergraduate years.

By Kristin Smart