COOKEVILLE, TENN – When Dr. Chuck Womack, of the Cookeville City Council, first heard of the Pulsepoint app, he instantly knew he wanted to bring it to the citizens and visitors of Putnam County. When Womack set out to raise funding for the app, it didn’t take very long for local organizations and agencies to jump onboard.

The app builds on the Public Access AED (automated external defibrillator) and CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) program already in place throughout the County. The app allows the Putnam County 911 Center to notify citizens who are near a potential cardiac arrest victim of the crisis.

“The Pulsepoint app allows us to engage anyone trained in CPR and notify them someone might need the help they are trained to provide,” explained 911 Director Mike Thompson. “It really embraces the entire community in helping to potentially save someone’s life,” he continued.

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Cookeville, Tenn. - History has been made once again at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. The first transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was performed here on February 21 by interventional cardiologist Matthew Sample, MD, and cardiothoracic surgeon Lewis Wilson, MD. Other physicians on hand during the first procedure were interventional cardiologist Stacy Brewington, MD and cardiothoracic surgeon Tim Powell, MD.(read more)

 

Stacy Brewington, M.D. interventional cardiologist, was presented with the 2018 Martin Coffey Cardiovascular Service Award at the Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation’s 11th annual A Woman’s Heart event Feb. 1.

A column by Cookeville cardiologist Dr. Thomas Little in the spring edition of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons got the attention of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. (Read full story here)