heat safety

June 5, 2019

Vanderbilt LifeFlight offers safety tips for CMA Fest

As Nashville welcomes visitors from around the world to the CMA Fest this week, Vanderbilt LifeFlight officials are urging fans to take necessary precautions to avoid illness and injury.

By VUMC News and Communications

July 15, 2015

Follow these tips to avoid heat-related illnesses

Doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are urging Middle Tennesseans to take extra precautions to avoid heat-related illnesses this week. Children and dogs are especially vulnerable.

By VUMC News and Communications

July 13, 2015

VUMC physicians urge caution this week to avoid heat-related illnesses

With temperatures holding steady in the upper 90s and even reaching 100 degrees this week, doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are urging Middle Tennesseans to take extra precautions to avoid heat-related illnesses.

By VUMC News and Communications

June 26, 2015

Child heat stroke is a danger as outside temps rise

The temperature inside of a car can rise 20 degrees in as little as 10 minutes and keep getting hotter with each passing minute

By VUMC News and Communications

June 10, 2015

Vanderbilt offers safety tips for CMA Music Festival

By VUMC News and Communications

June 17, 2014

Children face heat stroke danger as outside temperatures rise

With temperatures rising in Middle Tennessee, safety experts at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt stress the danger of leaving children unattended in vehicles.

By VUMC News and Communications