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Megan Grahn stands with her arms crossed in a clinical room, wearing a gray Vanderbilt University Medical Center shirt and a stethoscope.
September 29, 2023

How to prepare for a medical emergency: A paramedic’s 10 things you need to know before the ambulance is on the way

Most people do not know what to expect when calling 911. Here is guidance from someone who knows.

By Megan Grahn
Group of adults posing at an event in front of a blue-and-white balloon display; several wear emergency-service uniforms, and one person holds a framed award.
May 17, 2022

Vanderbilt LifeFlight, first responders, honored with ‘Star of Life’ awards

Vanderbilt LifeFlight and its emergency service partners were recently honored with two awards as part of the Children’s Emergency Care Alliance annual Star of Life awards ceremony.

By Jerry Jones
VUMC NEWS logo in white lettering inside a cyan and yellow outlined square on a blue gradient background.
March 7, 2022

Study finds World Trade Center responders at higher risk for blood cancer-associated mutations

A study by Vanderbilt and New York City researchers found that 9/11 first responders to the World Trade Center have increased levels of mutations that escalate their risk for blood cancers or cardiovascular disease

By Tom Wilemon
Smiling child in a red cap and turquoise “These are my heroes” shirt stands between two uniformed men in front of an aircraft marked with partial “University Medical Center” text.
July 23, 2021

The little boy was in the swimming pool, not breathing. Thanks to CPR, first responders and LifeFlight, he is fine.

It should have been a joyous day. It almost turned tragic.

By Jessica Pasley
A masked healthcare worker in navy scrubs stands outside a brick Walgreens building near an EXIT sign and yellow safety bollards.
December 28, 2020

The young woman was on the parking lot pavement without a pulse. A Vanderbilt nurse saved her life.

Keith Caldwell, a nurse at the Vanderbilt Health Clinic at Walgreens, called on years of experience to perform CPR until an ambulance arrived

By Wayne Wood
Charles Fisher stands at the center of a group of seven Nashville Fire paramedics and a pharmacist inside a Kroger grocery store.
January 3, 2019

It was a normal workday at Kroger. Then Charles Fisher almost died.

After his collapse, a team formed to save his life: coworkers and bystanders who knew CPR; first responders who used a defibrillator; and doctors and nurses at Vanderbilt

By Matt Batcheldor