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DAY 30 ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS ORTHODOX NEW YEAR GROUNDHOG DAY CHINESE NEW YEAR VALENTINE’S DAY MARDI GRAS ASH WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS ST. PATRICK’S DAY SPRING BEGINS APRIL FOOL’S DAY PALM SUNDAY TAX DAY GOOD FRIDAY FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER EASTER EARTH DAY | EASTER MONDAY ORTHODOX GOOD FRIDAY LAST DAY OF PASSOVER ORTHODOX EASTER NATIONAL NURSE’S DAY YOM HASHOAH MOTHER’S DAY FLAG DAY FATHER’S DAY SUMMER BEGINS PATRIOT DAY AUTUMN BEGINS ROSH HASHANA YOM KIPPUR HALLOWEEN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS WINTER BEGINS FIRST DAY OF HANUKKAH/CHANUKAH CHRISTMAS EVE FIRST DAY OF KWANZAA NEW YEAR’S EVE D-DAY PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY LAST DAY OF HANUKKAH/CHANUKAH FIRST DAY OF SUKKOT LAST DAY OF SUKKOT STROKE AWARENESS MONTH EMERGENCY NURSES’ DAY DOCTORS’ DAY 20 30 31 6 NATIONAL BLOOD DONOR MONTH AMERICAN HEART MONTH BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH STRESS AWARENESS MONTH NATIONAL SAFETY MONTH MedicAlert ® AWARENESS MONTH NATIONAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH STAY SAFE ON AMERICA’S BIRTHDAY Thanks to a combination of extra travel, alcohol and fireworks, the Fourth of July holiday is chronically one of the most dangerous and deadly of the year. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), alcohol plays a role in 41 percent of traffic accidents. GIVE THANKS FOR A SAFE ARRIVAL According to the AAA, over 48 million Americans will travel 50+ miles for Thanksgiving. Stay aware and sober as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warns drivers that the holiday consistently boasts one of the deadliest accident rates of the year. MAKE HEART HEALTH A PRIORITY Doctors have chronicled a rise in heart attacks around the winter holidays. Thirty-three percent more deaths related to coronary disease occur in the winter than in the summer. Behavioral changes around the holidays such as increased food, salt and alcohol consumption as well as emotional and psychological stresses may contribute. TN ENA Chapter Nashville TN ENA Education Conference Johnson City TN ENA Chapter Memphis TN ENA Chapter Johnson City TN ENA Chapter Knoxville TN ENA Chapter Nashville TN ENA Chapter Chattanooga EMT/AEMT Refresher Course EMT/AEMT Refresher Course EMT/AEMT Refresher Course Paramedic Refresher Course Paramedic Refresher Course Paramedic Refresher Course Paramedic Refresher Course Regional Education Series Cookeville Regional Education Series Columbia Regional Education Series Murfreesboro (Ag Center) Regional Education Series Jackson Regional Education Series Nashville Regional Education Series Tullahoma Regional Education Series Clarksville Critical Care FP-C Renewal 1-day Recertification PHTLS 1-day Recertification PHTLS 2-day Recertification PHTLS 2-day Recertification PHTLS 2-day Recertification PHTLS Pediatric EMS Night Out Pediatric EMS Night Out Pediatric EMS Night Out Pediatric EMS Night Out 16th Annual Neonatal Update Factory at Franklin – 7 contact hours Advanced Burn Life Support Application Deadline Critical Care Paramedic Winter/Spring Class Critical Care Paramedic Winter/Spring Class Begins Critical Care Paramedic Winter/Spring Class Ends Application Deadline Critical Care Paramedic Fall/Spring Class Interviews Critical Care Paramedic Fall/Spring Class Critical Care Paramedic Fall/Spring Class Begins Critical Care Paramedic Fall/Spring Class Ends 1-day Renewal TNCC 1-day Renewal TNCC 1-day Renewal TNCC 1-day Renewal TNCC 1-day Renewal TNCC 2-day Classes TNCC 2-day Classes TNCC 2-day Classes TNCC Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting South Central TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting South Central TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting South Central TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting South Central TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting South Central TN EMS Directors Meeting Middle TN EMS Directors Meeting West TN EMS Directors Meeting South Central TN EMS Directors Meeting iServe Emergency Care Conference Drury Hotel – Franklin, TN TASA Mid-Winter Conference Gatlinburg, TN 18th Annual Update in Acute & Emergency Pediatrics Conference Memphis, TN West Tennessee Emergency Communications Conference Jackson, TN TEMSEA Conference Murfreesboro, TN Middle Tennessee EMS Directors Conference (MTEC) Montgomery Bell State Park – Burns, TN Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) Atlanta, GA 1-day Recertification PHTLS Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference (CCTMC) Albuquerque, NM << NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK >> << EMS WEEK >> << NATIONAL EMERGENCY NURSES WEEK >> | << FIRE PREVENTION WEEK >> << NATIONAL NURSES WEEK >> << NATIONAL NURSES WEEK >> 911 Winter Workshop Gatlinburg, TN Neonatal Pre-conference SIMS 1pm to 5pm for EMS – Factory at Franklin Tennessee Trauma Symposium & TNACS 2019 Annual Meeting Chattanooga, TN All air operations are provided by Air Methods Corporation. All medical services are provided by Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 2-day Classes TNCC VANDERBILT LIFEFLIGHT 35th ANNIVERSARY November. The Tennessee Health Facilities Commission approves Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s application to start Middle Tennessee’s first air medical transport service. 1983 | June. VUMC dedicates its new LifeFlight program. The first aircraft in service is a Bell 206 LongRanger helicopter, owned and operated by Kenn Air for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 1984 | 1980s July. LifeFlight initiates operations. First patient transport occurs. Original flight crew members are pilot Billy Hamblin and flight nurses Allison Bolin and Kathy Ogle. Fourth floor rooftop helipad is completed with room for two helicopters. LifeFlight now has a dedicated elevator for direct access to the new helipad, operating suites, and emergency department. 1985 | August. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is designated as a Level 1 Trauma Center. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Receiving care at a Level 1 Trauma Center can lower risk of death by 25 percent. 1988 | Summer. LifeFlight presents “LifeFlight On Tour,” now known as EMS Night Out, a traveling series of lectures and aircraft site visits to hospital and EMS agencies. 1990 | November. LifeFlight begins carrying blood products on all flights. Two units of packed red blood cells are carried on every patient flight. 1992 | April. LifeFlight expands operations by adding a second BK-117 along with additional staff including six flight nurses, five pilots, four flight coordinators, and one mechanic. 1997 | August. Using advanced pilot training along with an electronic flight instrumentation system, a digital auto-pilot, and global positioning system, LifeFlight 1 (N117BK) initiates single pilot IFR capability, enhancing safety and increasing LifeFlight’s availability during inclement weather. 1998 | March. Vanderbilt Flight Communications initiates “real-time” tracking of LifeFlight helicopters using the ARNAV system. 1999 | 1990s November. LifeFlight’s aviation vendor changes to Rocky Mountain Helicopters, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center receives a new BK-117 helicopter (N911VU) with the medical compartment’s interior custom designed by VUMC flight nurses. 1991 | 2000s April. Construction begins on new rooftop helipad and offices on the 12th floor of Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH). Summer. LifeFlight 2 is established as a new base at Bedford County General Hospital. December. LifeFlight Skyport opens at VUH. 2000 | October. Vanderbilt University Medical Center adds third LifeFlight helicopter at Gateway Medical Center. 2002 | May. LifeFlight ‘hot line’ yellow phone system is implemented providing EMS agencies and hospitals with direct access to Flight Communications. 2003 | September. Vanderbilt LifeFlight adds fixed wing capabilities to enhance long-range medical support capabilities. June. LifeFlight 1 base moves to Lebanon airport and a new LifeFlight 4 base opened at Mt. Pleasant airport. 2004 | July. LifeFlight hires Tim Bell as the first flight paramedic. 2005 | April. Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s LifeFlight air ambulance program becomes the first program in Tennessee to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). 2006 | July. N102VU, LifeFlight’s first new EC-145 lands at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The aircraft was ferried from the American Eurocopter facility in Dallas, by Pilot Loren Courtney and Chief Flight Nurse Wilson Matthews. August. A $1.1 million grant is given by Rutherford County’s Christy-Houston Foundation to fund the construction of a helipad atop the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. December. LifeFlight 2 base relocates from Bedford County to the Tullahoma, TN airport (KTHA). December. Vanderbilt LifeFlight’s Office of Emergency Communications is designated as the EMS Regional Communications Center (EMS RCC) for the Mid-Cumberland Region by Tennessee Department of Health EMS officials. LifeFlight’s Event Medicine division is started, to provide support and EMS at Bridgestone Arena. Two ground ambulances are purchased. 2008 | June. Night vision goggles are added for the entire LifeFlight fleet. 2009 | November. Jeremy Brywczynski, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Medical Director of the Nashville Fire Department, is named Medical Director for LifeFlight, while his predecessor, John Morris, M.D., Chief of the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, assumes a new role of Medical Director Emeritus and turns his attention to select projects and strategic planning. 2010 | 2010s March. LifeFlight begins delivering equipment back to EMS agencies, thanks to the donation of a van by Darrell Waltrip Automotive Group in Franklin. June. LifeFlight ground ambulances adopt a new color scheme, changing from the traditional orange and white to a new black and gold. 2011 | August. LifeFlight begins an annual EMS conference called “iServe.” The first event drew more than 220 participants from across Tennessee and Kentucky. September. LifeFlight starts its Ground EMS division, to perform discharges from Vanderbilt University Hospital. LifeFlight offers its first Critical Care Paramedic class. December. LifeFlight 5 goes into service as the fifth helicopter base in Smyrna, Tennessee. It is an American Eurocopter EC 130. July. Video laryngoscopy is placed on all aircraft and ground ambulances. August. LifeFlight teams up with the Vanderbilt student organization, Vanderbilt Emergency Medical Society, to allow the students to volunteer and work with LifeFlight. 2012 | September. Critical Care Response cars are introduced into the LifeFlight fleet. October. A mobile emergency command and communications bus is introduced to the community for their use, free of charge, to any hospital or emergency agency to help with interagency coordination and communications. May. LifeFlight, along with several Vanderbilt University Medical Center staff, has an appearance in the Tim McGraw video, “Highway Don’t Care,” which focuses on the dangers of distracted driving. 2013 | August. LifeFlight opens its seventh base in Cookeville, Tennessee (LF 7). An Airbus H-130 T@ helicopter was placed in service with a 120-mile response area from Cookeville. 2016 | January. A new management structure is announced, with the position of LifeFlight program director splitting into two roles - one that oversees air transport and one that oversees ground and communications. Additional management positions were added in both divisions to provide employee support. 2017 | April. Air Methods enters into long-term agreement with Vanderbilt LifeFlight June. LF 5 relocates from the Smyrna Airport to the Murfreesboro Airport. July. A Pilatus PC-12 is placed into operation at BNA, replacing the King Air. 2015 | August. LF 6 opens at the Henry County Airport near Paris, Tennessee. October. A new Airbus H-130 T-2 helicopter (LF 5, 106VU) is placed in service at the Murfreesboro Airport. May. Vanderbilt LifeFlight launched a new app that allows for emergency responders to request a helicopter at the tap of a button. July. Additional ground ambulances are purchased bringing the total fleet of ground ambulances to nine. February. LifeFlight opens its eighth base in Humboldt, Tennessee (LF 8), providing additional coverage in West Tennessee. 2018 | VANDERBILT LIFEFLIGHT CELEBRATES 35 YEARS ON JULY 5, 2019! 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STAY SAFE ON AMERICA’S BIRTHDAYThanks to a combination of extra travel, alcohol and fireworks, the Fourth of July holiday is chronically one of the most dangerous and deadly of the year. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), alcohol plays a role in 41 percent of traffic accidents.
GIVE THANKS FOR A SAFE ARRIVALAccording to the AAA, over 48 million Americans will travel 50+ miles for Thanksgiving. Stay aware and sober as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warns drivers that the holiday consistently boasts one of the deadliest accident rates of the year.
MAKE HEART HEALTH A PRIORITYDoctors have chronicled a rise in heart attacks around the winter holidays. Thirty-three percent more deaths related to coronary disease occur in the winter than in the summer. Behavioral changes around the holidays such as increased food, salt and alcohol consumption as well as emotional and psychological stresses may contribute.
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16th Annual Neonatal UpdateFactory at Franklin – 7 contact hours
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iServe Emergency Care Conference Drury Hotel – Franklin, TN
TASA Mid-Winter Conference Gatlinburg, TN
18th Annual Update in Acute & Emergency Pediatrics Conference Memphis, TN
West Tennessee Emergency Communications Conference Jackson, TN
TEMSEA Conference Murfreesboro, TN
Middle Tennessee EMS Directors Conference (MTEC)Montgomery Bell State Park – Burns, TN
Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) Atlanta, GA
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All air operations are provided by Air Methods Corporation. All medical services are provided by Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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VANDERBILT LIFEFLIGHT35th ANNIVERSARY
November. The Tennessee Health Facilities Commission approves Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s application to start Middle Tennessee’s first air medical transport service.
1983 |
June. VUMC dedicates its new LifeFlight program. The first aircraft in service is a Bell 206 LongRanger helicopter, owned and operated by Kenn Air for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
1984 |1980s July. LifeFlight initiates operations.First patient transport occurs.Original flight crew membersare pilot Billy Hamblin and flightnurses Allison Bolin and Kathy Ogle.
Fourth floor rooftop helipad is completed with room for two helicopters. LifeFlight now has a dedicated elevator for direct access to the new helipad, operating suites, and emergency department.
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August. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is designated as a Level 1 Trauma Center. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Receiving care at a Level 1 Trauma Center can lower risk of death by 25 percent.
1988 |
Summer. LifeFlight presents “LifeFlight On Tour,” now known as EMS Night Out, a traveling series of lectures and aircraft site visits to hospital and EMS agencies.
1990 |
November. LifeFlight begins carrying blood products on all flights. Two units of packed red blood cells are carried on every patient flight.
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April. LifeFlight expands operations by adding a second BK-117 along with additional staff including six flight nurses, five pilots, four flight coordinators, and one mechanic.
1997 | August. Using advanced pilot training along with an electronic flight instrumentation system, a digital auto-pilot, and global positioning system, LifeFlight 1 (N117BK) initiates single pilot IFR capability, enhancing safety and increasing LifeFlight’s availability during inclement weather.
1998 |
March. Vanderbilt Flight Communications initiates “real-time” tracking of LifeFlight helicopters using the ARNAV system.
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1990sNovember. LifeFlight’s aviation vendor changes to Rocky Mountain Helicopters, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center receives a new BK-117 helicopter (N911VU) with the medical compartment’s interior custom designed by VUMC flight nurses.
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2000sApril. Construction begins on new rooftop helipad and offices on the 12th floor of Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH).
Summer. LifeFlight 2 is established as a new base at Bedford County General Hospital.
December. LifeFlight Skyport opens at VUH.
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October. Vanderbilt University Medical Center adds third LifeFlight helicopter at Gateway Medical Center.
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May. LifeFlight ‘hot line’ yellow phone system is implemented providing EMS agencies and hospitals with direct access to Flight Communications.
2003 | September. Vanderbilt LifeFlight adds fixed wing capabilities to enhance long-range medical support capabilities.
June. LifeFlight 1 base moves to Lebanon airport and a new LifeFlight 4 base opened at Mt. Pleasant airport.
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July. LifeFlight hires Tim Bell as the first flight paramedic.2005 |
April. Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s LifeFlight air ambulance program becomes the first program in Tennessee to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS).
2006 |July. N102VU, LifeFlight’s first new EC-145 lands at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The aircraft was ferried from the American Eurocopter facility in Dallas, by Pilot Loren Courtney and Chief Flight Nurse Wilson Matthews.
August. A $1.1 million grant is given by Rutherford County’s Christy-Houston Foundation to fund the construction of a helipad atop the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
December. LifeFlight 2 base relocates from Bedford County to the Tullahoma, TN airport (KTHA).
December. Vanderbilt LifeFlight’s Office of Emergency Communications is designated as the EMS Regional Communications Center (EMS RCC) for the Mid-Cumberland Region by Tennessee Department of Health EMS officials.
LifeFlight’s Event Medicine division is started, to provide support and EMS at Bridgestone Arena. Two ground ambulances are purchased.
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June. Night vision goggles are added for the entire LifeFlight fleet.
2009 | November. Jeremy Brywczynski, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Medical Director of the Nashville Fire Department, is named Medical Director for LifeFlight, while his predecessor, John Morris, M.D., Chief of the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, assumes a new role of Medical Director Emeritus and turns his attention to select projects and strategic planning.
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2010sMarch. LifeFlight begins delivering equipment back to EMS agencies, thanks to the donation of a van by Darrell Waltrip Automotive Group in Franklin.
June. LifeFlight ground ambulances adopt a new color scheme, changing from the traditional orange and white to a new black and gold.
2011 | August. LifeFlight begins an annual EMS conference called “iServe.” The first event drew more than 220 participants from across Tennessee and Kentucky.
September. LifeFlight starts its Ground EMS division, to perform discharges from Vanderbilt University Hospital.LifeFlight offers its first Critical Care Paramedic class.
December. LifeFlight 5 goes into service as the fifth helicopter base in Smyrna, Tennessee. It is an American Eurocopter EC 130.
July. Video laryngoscopy is placed on all aircraft and ground ambulances.
August. LifeFlight teams up with the Vanderbilt student organization, Vanderbilt Emergency Medical Society, to allow the students to volunteer and work with LifeFlight.
2012 | September. Critical Care Response cars are introduced into the LifeFlight fleet.
October. A mobile emergency command and communications bus is introduced to the community for their use, free of charge, to any hospital or emergency agency to help with interagency coordination and communications.
May. LifeFlight, along with several Vanderbilt University Medical Center staff, has an appearance in the Tim McGraw video, “Highway Don’t Care,” which focuses on the dangers of distracted driving.
2013 | August. LifeFlight opens its seventh base in Cookeville, Tennessee (LF 7). An Airbus H-130 T@ helicopter was placed in service with a 120-mile response area from Cookeville.
2016 | January. A new management structure is announced, with the position of LifeFlight program director splitting into two roles - one that oversees air transport and one that oversees ground and communications. Additional management positions were added in both divisions to provide employee support.
2017 |
April. Air Methods enters into long-term agreement with Vanderbilt LifeFlight
June. LF 5 relocates from the Smyrna Airport to the Murfreesboro Airport.
July. A Pilatus PC-12 is placed into operation at BNA, replacing the King Air.
2015 | August. LF 6 opens at the Henry County Airport near Paris, Tennessee.
October. A new Airbus H-130 T-2 helicopter (LF 5, 106VU) is placed in service at the Murfreesboro Airport.
May. Vanderbilt LifeFlight launched a new app that allows for emergency responders to request a helicopter at the tap of a button.
July. Additional ground ambulances are purchased bringing the total fleet of ground ambulances to nine.
February. LifeFlight opens its eighth base in Humboldt, Tennessee (LF 8), providing additional coverage in West Tennessee.
2018 |
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