Department of Emergency Medicine Archive — Page 10 of 13

Motion-blurred ambulance with flashing red lights traveling at night.
May 2, 2019

During NFL Draft weekend, a mass shooting occurred in Nashville. Vanderbilt responded beautifully to care for patients.

At 2 a.m. Sunday, six gunshot patients poured into the Vanderbilt ER. It was the fourth mass shooting seen there in the past 15 months.

By John Howser
Two men stand outside a hospital entrance labeled “Adult Emergency Entrance.” The man on the right wears a white medical coat, and the man on the left wears a suit.
May 2, 2019

Team to develop ‘safe harbor’ standards of care

A team of researchers from Vanderbilt Health and Vanderbilt University’s schools of Law, Medicine and Management has received a five-year $1.7 million research grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and test “safe-harbor” standards of care based on scientific evidence.

By Grace Renshaw
Three men in formalwear pose at an American College of Emergency Physicians gala backdrop; the center man holds an award, while the men on either side stand beside him.
October 25, 2018

Slovis honored by College of Emergency Physicians

Corey Slovis, MD, professor and chair of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt, has been awarded the 2018 National Outstanding Contribution to Education Award by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).

By Kristin Smart
Physician Sean Collins stands in a white coat holding a stethoscope in a busy emergency department, with medical staff and a patient in the background.
September 13, 2018

Research, patient care drive Emergency Medicine’s Collins

Sean Collins, MD, MSc, was no stranger to Vanderbilt University Medical Center when he was offered a faculty position in Emergency Medicine in 2011. A heart failure study that he was leading at the University of Cincinnati included faculty and patients from Vanderbilt.

By Nancy Humphrey
A dense nighttime display of fireworks bursting in green, red, purple, white, and gold across a dark sky.
June 29, 2018

Vanderbilt doctors urge caution with Fourth of July fireworks

“The burns and injuries that result from improper use of fireworks are often devastating and life-altering.”

By Tavia Smith
Vintage roadside fireworks sign with large white “FIREWORKS” lettering on a red panel, star-shaped end, and blank yellow marquee against a cloudy sky.
June 29, 2018

Vanderbilt doctors urge caution with Fourth of July fireworks

Jun. 29, 2018—Doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are urging caution with consumer fireworks as the Fourth of July approaches.

By Vanderbilt Health News