Tales of VUMC Past
Polio patients, iron lung respirators, and…hey, is that Pat Boone??!!
By Wayne Wood
Polio was a terrifying disease, once filling wards at VUMC with paralyzed patients in iron lungs. Vaccines have saved us from all that.
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Tales of VUMC Past
I was the last person in an iron lung at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
By Wayne Wood
It was in a storage room. It still worked. For some reason, I was allowed to get in it.
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Employee Spotlight
Melanie Walker started life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Now she works there helping tiny babies breathe.
By Jessica Pasley
“I could be an example that there is a way to get better."
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Credo Award Winner
Troy Hamm says he ‘happened to be in the right place, at the right time’ when he saved a patient’s life. It was anything but chance.
By Leigh MacMillan
“Troy is a true professional, and his consistent actions and behavior not only make him a front-line hero, but a shining example of our Credo behaviors.”
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