LifeFlight Archive — Page 1 of 6

June 1, 2023

“Parker, stay with me!” Local family learns firsthand the dangers of multi-passenger UTVs and golf carts.

Pediatric trauma experts add multipassenger UTVs, golf carts to list of dangerous vehicles that includes ATVs

By Jessica Pasley
February 16, 2023

Tennessee Advanced Communications Network expands to include state hospital systems

Vanderbilt University Medical Center to be an early adopter as a hospital system integrating the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network into its existing network of emergency providers for redundancy communications in the event of a disaster.

By Craig Boerner
January 24, 2023

Debbie Kemp Kimbro remembered for her ability to build connections

“She developed friends everywhere she went in her professional and personal life with her warm and engaging personality,” said C. Wright Pinson of the EMS nurse, LifeFlight nurse, physician liaison and singer for the VUMC band Soul Incision.

By Jill Clendening
January 19, 2023

LifeFlight personnel train on advanced cardiac devices

Vanderbilt LifeFlight personnel recently received training on using advanced cardiac devices in transport settings, devices that were historically found only at hospitals like VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
A new policy on helium balloons outdoors at VUMC is intended to enhance safety for LifeFlight personnel and the patients they transport.
October 20, 2022

Helium balloons banned outdoors to protect LifeFlight personnel, patients

The use of helium balloons outside is now prohibited on VUMC’s downtown campus to provide enhanced safety for Vanderbilt LifeFlight’s team and the patients they transport.

By Kylie Avery
The TOWAR team includes, from left, Sadia Laghari, MLS(ASCP); Mayur Patel, MD, MPH; Ashley Panas, MD, MPH; Allan B. Peetz, MD, MPH; Christy Kampe MAcc, CCRP, CIP; and April Johnson.
June 1, 2022

Trauma study aims to improve survival for bleeding patients

Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgery researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are joining Vanderbilt LifeFlight in a Department of Defense (DOD)-funded clinical trial aimed at improving survival with resuscitation techniques used to keep patients alive after a traumatic injury.

By Craig Boerner