trauma Archive — Page 1 of 4

A hospital volunteer in a blue Vanderbilt University Medical Center vest speaks with a patient in a patterned hospital gown in a clinical care area.
December 15, 2023

Owen Canavan was badly injured six years ago. He uses experience to encourage others recovering from traumatic injuries.

In 2017, Canavan was working out at a fitness center when a car came crashing into the building and pinned him against a wall. In the span of a week, he underwent eight surgeries.

Close-up of a decorated Christmas tree with a bronze bauble in the foreground and pinecones and greenery, with a softly blurred bright indoor background.
December 14, 2023

Healing over the holidays: A nurse’s guide to spending the holidays at the hospital

There’s no place like the hospital for the holidays. And we don’t mean that in a good way. But here are some ways to make it better.

A clinician in blue scrubs demonstrates a medical device over a training mannequin while two masked clinicians observe in an operating-room setting.
September 20, 2023

Surgeons to lead multisite study of procedure to limit blood loss by partially blocking aorta

Vanderbilt care surgeons are leading a two-year, multicenter observational study of a minimally invasive technique to control life-threatening blood loss by inserting a balloon inside the aorta to restrict blood flow below the heart.

Smiling healthcare worker wearing glasses, gray scrubs, and a stethoscope, standing in a clinical room with wall-mounted medical supply dispensers behind him.
August 4, 2023

The man at the music festival had been beaten unconscious. Medical assistant Chase Brown may have saved his life.

“If that was my little brother or one of my friends, I would hope someone would help them.”

William Nolan and his fianceé, Cassie Rooke, enjoy active lives, including taking long walks with their dog, Grizz. Nolan volunteers as a Trauma Peer Visitor to support others hospitalized with serious trauma.
June 29, 2023

Former patient steps up to help others with traumatic injuries

Former patient William Nolan is now a VUMC Trauma Peer Visitor, supporting others recovering from life-changing injuries.

Person sitting in a red golf cart on a paved path beside a grassy meadow.
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