trauma Archive — Page 3 of 4

Tavia Smith, identified by the attachment caption, stands in a city crosswalk holding a travel mug, wearing glasses, a patterned dress, pink cardigan, leggings, and boots. A pedestrian signal, speed-limit sign, traffic, and leafless trees are visible behind her.
April 2, 2018

I went for a walk at lunchtime and was hit by a car. Here’s what I want drivers and pedestrians to know to protect others.

I became vaguely aware of the sound of sirens in the distance. I soon realized the sirens were coming for me.

By Tavia Smith
Woman in a red shirt reading “This shirt can save a life.” practices wound packing with gauze and a training container in a crowded classroom.
March 22, 2018

VUMC offering public courses on how to control bleeding

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is providing bleeding control training courses across the region in an effort to educate the public on what they can do in an emergency to potentially save a life.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Smiling athlete wearing sunglasses and a “MILLER USA” triathlon suit and medals holds an American flag amid a crowd outdoors.
December 20, 2017

Trauma chief Rick Miller represents Team USA in world triathlon event in Netherlands

“My goal was to stay in good shape as I got older.”

By Jennifer Wetzel
images from a brain scan
October 22, 2015

Guillamondegui: One standard needed to track concussions

Data in sports concussion studies will continue to be disputed as long as the injuries are diagnosed by differing standards instead of universal guidelines, a Vanderbilt investigator concludes in a recent review.

By Tom Wilemon
Laura and Justin Burney pose outdoors with their infant daughter, Brooklyn, who wears a purple bow and patterned dress.
July 16, 2015

Teamwork key to treating infant’s neurovascular trauma

Laura and Justin Burney watched anxiously as the platform holding their infant daughter slowly moved into place inside the CT scanner.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Vanderbilt LifeFlight medical helicopter flying overhead against a pale sky, viewed from below with its rotor blades blurred in motion.
February 25, 2015

Vanderbilt to study use of plasma on LifeFlight, extends trial to Rutherford County base

By Vanderbilt Health News