Emergency & Trauma

July 18, 2023

VUMC receives $7 million award from PCORI to compare breathing tube sedation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $7 million, five-year funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to compare two sedatives used to place breathing tubes in the emergency department or intensive care unit.

By Nancy Humphrey
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.

By Jill Clendening
June 21, 2023

Brown lauded by National Sexual Violence Resource Center

Katrina Brown, MSN, RN, CEN, SANE-A, sexual assault nurse examiner team lead at Vanderbilt, received the 2023 Visionary Voice Award from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

By Kylie Avery
Darinel Castillo, a patient in Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Trauma Intensive Care Unit, participated in the recent National Trauma Survivors Day, surrounded by members of his care team.
June 15, 2023

VUMC celebrates trauma survivors and their care providers

Members of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Acute Care Surgery team, Trauma Intensive Care Unit, and former patients who recovered or individuals who are currently recovering from traumatic injuries recently gathered on the Medical Center’s Plaza for an annual celebration of National Trauma Survivors Day.

By Jill Clendening
May 31, 2023

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

While ATV accidents are commonly associated with high-profiled injuries, trauma prevention advocates at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt want the community to add UTVs and golf carts to the list of motorized vehicles that can be dangerous.

By Jessica Pasley
Wendy Paszek, RN, CNOR, a preceptor for the SMART program, meeting Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, the U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command, during his visit to observe the program in 2022. (Photo by Donn Jones)
April 13, 2023

New SMART rotation of military personnel in VUH clinical areas

The next Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training (SMART) rotation, which includes 15 members the United States military, is at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to work in clinical areas of the adult hospital April 11-25.

By Jill Clendening
March 16, 2023

Orthopaedic surgery academy honors Jahangir

Vanderbilt's Alex Jahangir, MD, recently received the William W. Tipton Jr., MD Leadership Award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.
By Danny Bonvissuto
March 7, 2023

Treating delirium detected in the ED

Higher intensity physical or occupational therapy may be a useful intervention to shorten delirium duration in older hospitalized adults, Vanderbilt researchers recently reported.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 23, 2023

Learning how to “Stop the Bleed” is something we all can do

Stop the Bleed courses, like those taught at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, teach any of us – even those without medical training – how to save some of those lives.
By Jill Clendening
February 9, 2023

Aspirin’s effectiveness at preventing blood clots studied

A Vanderbilt study found that aspirin is as effective as low molecular weight heparin at preventing hospital-acquired deep venous thromboembolism, or blood clots in the veins, for orthopaedic trauma patients.
By Danny Bonvissuto
February 2, 2023

New pager system alerts for pulmonary embolism emergencies

A new emergency pager system allows emergency department and inpatient teams at Vanderbilt University Hospital to call for an alert for patients with pulmonary emboli.
By Matt Batcheldor
January 26, 2023

New rotation of military personnel begins in February

The next Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training (SMART) rotation, which includes 10 members the United States military, is coming to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to work in clinical areas of the adult hospital Feb. 7-21.
By Jill Clendening
October 27, 2022

New SMART rotation of military medical personnel runs Nov. 8-22

The next Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training (SMART) rotation, which includes 15 members of the United States military, is coming to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to work in clinical areas of the Vanderbilt University Hospital in November.
By Jill Clendening
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