Daily Archives: October 2, 2018

Children’s Hospital launches ATV safety education program

During the intensive hospital session, students will be involved in a mock trauma simulation in the Emergency Department and be assigned an “injury” from the rehabilitation team to help them better understand the risks ATVs pose. Continue reading

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New center formed to treat, study ICU delirium, dementia

For almost two decades, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have been studying ICU patients on ventilators and modifying their treatment to combat the debilitating effects of delirium, the sudden disruption of consciousness marked predomin… Continue reading

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Initiative to promote awareness of advance directives

An advance directive is a document that details an individual’s wishes concerning health care during life threatening illness or injury, when they may not be able to speak for themselves. Continue reading

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Nobel laureate Young to deliver Oct. 11 Flexner Discovery Lecture

Michael Young, PhD, a winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his ground-breaking studies of circadian rhythms, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture at 4 p.m. Oct. 11 in room 208 Light Hall. Continue reading

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