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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
Two smiling women pose together in a clinical examination room; one wears dark medical scrubs and an identification badge, while the other wears a black patterned dress.
June 18, 2021

Midwives saving lives

The mother of the groom was choking at a wedding reception. A person needed CPR on a plane. Two Vanderbilt midwives stepped up.

By Emily Stembridge
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
Nurse Noel Olson stands at a hospital nursing station in blue scrubs, with computer monitors, printers, and seated staff and visitors in the background.
November 6, 2019

Nashville to Denver flight. A sick passenger. The crew put out a call: “Are there any medical professionals on board?” A Vanderbilt nurse raised her hand.

Noel Olson is a Vanderbilt Emergency Department nurse and an Air National Guard medic, so stabilizing patients is kind of what she does

By Matt Batcheldor
Chris Hare stands with his arms crossed beside a BMW motorcycle, wearing a high-visibility motorcycle jacket; a black helmet rests on the motorcycle behind him.
September 24, 2019

A wreck on the highway with a bleeding man, a pregnant woman and a small child. VUMC’s Chris Hare stopped to help.

A routine afternoon commute changed in an instant

By Nancy Humphrey
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