"The misuse rate in car seats in Tennessee was almost 87% in 2020."
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt offers backpack safety tips
Fireworks can cause serious damage to hands and eyes. Here's what you can do to keep yourself, and your children, safe.
Safety experts liken helmet use to seat belt-wearing practice
Number one lesson: drowning doesn't look like you think it does
Whizzing along on snow and ice is fun, but be careful
Throw them in the trash. Your plumbing will thank you. So will the Medical Center's.
The challenge of keeping warm might lead to the use of unsafe heating sources
Toy shopping online presents special challenges; how to select safe gifts for children
Sometimes emergencies happen – sick kids or school closings – that cause you to need backup childcare. VUMC offers employees a benefit through Care.com that gives you several options for backup care. With the Care.com benefit, VUMC employees receive up to 20 days (per fiscal year — July 1 through June 30) of subsidized backup childcare at home or at local, vetted childcare centers. Click here to learn more.
If you are enrolled in the Aetna Plus or Aetna Select VUMC health plans, you can pay zero out-of-pocket costs for pre- and post-natal care, certain spinal and joint surgeries and cochlear implants through the MyHealth Bundles program. Click here for more information.
