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FIND US1.800.288.8111 – Emergency Transport Request by Helicopter, Airplane or Ground Ambulance // vulifeflight.com // /vanderbilt.lifeflight

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EMS Night Out – Wilson County

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LifeFlight carries lifesaving blood on each aircraft and administers blood in more than 10 percent of the trauma patients it flies.

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You can control a number of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (cVd) including diet, physical activity, tobacco use, obesity, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and diabetes.

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american heart monthVanderbilt University Medical Center was the first health care institution in the state, and third in the nation, to implement a Level 1 Cardiac Emergency System, designed to deliver coordinated, expedited care for heart patients. Because of the urgent nature of their condition, Vanderbilt LifeFlight often transports these cardiac patients.


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LifeFlight provides EmS coverage at more than 600 events year. LifeFlight is the official EmS provider for the Nashville Predators, Vanderbilt Athletics, and the Nashville Sounds.

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Cardiology 2015: Advances in Science & Practice – Marriott at Vanderbilt Hotel / Nashville, TN


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Eighty percent of strokes are preventable and a stroke can occur at any age – infant to adult.

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national stroke awareness monthIn July 2013, the Vanderbilt Stroke and Cerebrovascular Service received advanced certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, one of only four in Tennessee.


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Vanderbilt has the only Level 1 Trauma center in the region.

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awareness monthMore than 350,000 deaths occur each year as a result of SCA.In fact, SCA claims one life every two minutes.

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more info

TELENEUROLOGY AT VANdERbILTNeurology consults are given to local hospitals by Vanderbilt stroke neurologists by using video conferencing. This helps keep patients close to home and speeds access to treatment. To date, participating hospitals have used teleneurology for more than 250 consults. Approximately 82% of all teleneurology patients remain at their community hospital.

For more information, visit our website – vanderbilttelemedicine.com.

EmS EqUIPmENT RETURNVanderbilt LifeFlight is proud to deliver equipment back to EmS agencies in an effort to assist them maintain proper levels of the life-saving equipment and save money on lost equipment. Our EmS Outreach liaison, makes regular equipment delivery rounds to counties in the LifeFlight helicopter service area. If your county is not in our service area, we will deliver to the closest county to you that is in our helicopter service area. We will deliver equipment left at Vanderbilt, and as time and space permits, equipment left at other Nashville area hospitals. EmS agencies are welcome to continue to pick up their equipment at Vanderbilt.

For questions, or to check on equipment, please email: [email protected].

FLY-INSdue to the large volume of requests for fly-ins, we are unable to do many of these. most fly-ins are limited to the helicopter zone and base, and are based on availability. At this time we are unable to provide an aircraft for school-related events or other non-health care agencies. A representative from LifeFlight may be able to attend and speak at certain events, such as career days, or other events that require information related to our flight program.

You may submit requests through our website – vulifeflight.com.

LIFEFLIGHT EmERGENcY TRANSPORT REqUESTHelicopter, Airplane or Ground Ambulance

1.800.288.8111 615.322.3211For the program director, business manager, communications manager and other administrative personnel (please listen to the menu as the options have changed)615.936.0770For media requests, public relations and community outreach, EMS liaison, equipment return, and business development615.343.6086For education and training, EMS Night Out, hospital physician and nurse liaison, and business development615.322.1547To schedule our Event Medicine team to provide EMS coverage for special events615.936.0765

VANdERbILT UNIVERSITYmEdIcAL cENTERGeneral Information615.322.5000Emergency Services615.322.0160Patient Information615.322.1000Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt615.936.1000

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LIFEFLIGHT PROGRAmS

Vanderbilt LifeFlight provides critical care transportation via helicopter, airplane or ground ambulance. LifeFlight will transport any patient to any hospital that is medically appropriate. LifeFlight is the only non-profit helicopter and airplane service in the region that carries life-saving blood, and the only one hospital-affiliated.

LifeFlight consists of five divisions, which work together to provide comprehensive critical care treatment. These are helicopter, airplane, critical care and BLS ground ambulance, event medicine and communications. LifeFlight is the official EMS provider for the Nashville Predators, Vanderbilt Athletics, and the Nashville Sounds.

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AIRPLANE cOVERAGE AREA All airplane air carrier transportation for Vanderbilt LifeFlight is provided by Seven Bar.

1211 medical center drive, Skyport 13200 – Nashville, TN 37232-7430 // 1.800.288.8111 – Emergency Transport Request by Helicopter, Airplane or Ground Ambulance // vulifeflight.com // /vanderbilt.lifeflight

Shaded counties indicate immediate response area. Extended response area is 75 nautical miles from each base.All helicopter air carrier transportation for Vanderbilt LifeFlight is provided by Air Methods Corporation.

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HELIcOPTER cOVERAGE AREA Shaded counties indicate immediate response area. Extended response area is 75 nautical miles from each base.

All helicopter air carrier transportation for Vanderbilt LifeFlight is provided by Air Methods Corporation.

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