emergency response Archive — Page 1 of 1

Blackhawk helicopter with a red cross emblem hovering above a hospital helipad, with a construction crane and Nashville skyline in the background.
August 16, 2023

Dense urban terrain exercise

The U.S. Army performed a planned training at Vanderbilt and throughout Davidson County this week to exercise their emergency response procedures.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling man in a dark pinstripe suit, white shirt, and red patterned tie against a neutral background.
October 29, 2018

Study shows mass shootings trigger blood donations

When the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history unfolded in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, 2017, former TV news reporter M. James Lozada III, DO, was in Chicago completing a fellowship in obstetric anesthesiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Now an assistant professor of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Lozada had worked in Las Vegas from 2004 to 2006, his final two years as a broadcast journalist.

By Paul Govern
Two women pose holding a baby at night, with bright lights behind them. The woman on the left wears a black vest over a gray shirt; the woman on the right wears a denim jacket and multicolored scarf.
December 10, 2015

That’s what friends are for

Brandi Besheres, R.N., left, who works in the Critical Care Tower, and her good friend, McCauley Gatliff Robbins, who works in Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos’ office, were returning home from a day of shopping recently when Robbins’ baby, Reagan, experienced respiratory distress and struggled to breathe.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie against a dark blue background.
February 7, 2013

Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor

On a recent Monday afternoon, the Pediatric Emergency Department at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt moved — within minutes — from the typical hustle and bustle of seeing and admitting patients to an entire children’s hospital on a state of full community alert.

By Vanderbilt Health News