Employee Spotlight
Patients’ stories motivate Lizzie Simonds, the only paramedic working in VUMC’s COVID unit
By Wayne Wood
She remembers one man who was scared and couldn't rest: “I spent 45 minutes…sitting next to him, holding his hand so he felt safe enough to try to sleep for a little bit."
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Employee Spotlight
Longtime Children’s Hospital chaplain Raye Nell Dyer returns to serve at LifeFlight
By Jerry Jones
She joins a small cadre of other flight chaplains in the U.S.
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VUMC in the Community
An approaching hurricane. A critically ill baby. A Vanderbilt team flies in to help.
By Jessica Pasley
"The mother was so grateful that we were able to get her baby to a safe place.”
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Employee Spotlight
“My dream was to be a nurse, taking care of critically ill children”
By Matt Batcheldor
Jade Forlidas started at Vanderbilt as a nursing student in 1969; after a storied career, she has retired — but her daughter carries on as a LifeFlight nurse
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