by Wesley Bryant | Jun 1, 2021 | Feature
Imagine walking into work and the first thing you have to do is develop an action plan to treat a patient who has been shot, another patient who has pneumonia from COVID-19, and another patient who just had a heart attack. That is every day for Jeff Miller, a...
by Wesley Bryant | Jun 1, 2021 | Feature
In patient after patient, the COVID-19 virus attacks your lungs. You may have heard that it contributes to pneumonia or COVID pneumonia. The virus causes inflammation in the lungs. With inflamed lungs comes fluid. The organ usually filled with air begins to fill with...
by Wesley Bryant | Jun 1, 2021 | Feature
Cathy Purcell is a certified nursing assistant, or CNA, in Shelbyville. She lives in Unionville, just a quick 17-minute drive up the road from the hospital. She lives on the same road as her mother, step-dad, aunt, uncle, and daughter—a place she has called home her...
by Wesley Bryant | Jun 1, 2021 | Feature
If you get the pleasure of walking by Rich- ard “Ricky” Donovan in the hallway of the hospital, he will speak to you. A simple hello, at the least, can brighten anyone’s day. Ricky is an environmental service worker for the Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital. He makes sure...
by Wesley Bryant | Jun 1, 2021 | Feature
“I heard a bad quote in mid-April of last year from a healthcare provider. It was not someone I knew directly,” Dr. Austin Mackens said. The bad quote he heard was “I did not sign up for this.” “My first thought was “No, this is what you signed up for. We signed up to...
