Welcome to the 2025 NCRTAC Trauma Conference! Thank you for joining us. Please note these recordings are not eligible for CEU attainment.

8:00 A.M – 9:15 A.M

Welcome / Keynote

Dr. “Deke” Farrington Memorial Keynote Presentation

Introduction by: Dr. Michael Curtis

Wilderness Medicine: Lessons We Can All Learn from Extended Backwoods Emergency Incidents, Dr. Philip Kostka

*Same link as above

9:25 A.M – 10:25 A.M

Break-out Sessions #1

Preserving the Gift of Life: Organ, Tissue & Eye Donation Overview

Rebecca Hilson, Sarah Schroeder, & Nikayla Glodowski

When Your Patient Reaches the Breaking Point

Chris Ebright

Developing a Workplace Violence Prevention & Intervention Program

Dave Kobielak & Chelsey Senn

10:55 A.M – 11:55 A.M

Break-out Sessions #2

One October: A Level 1 Trauma Center’s Response to the US’s Worst Mass Shooting

Dr. Paul Chestovich

Mastering Airway Management: Foundational Airway Management Skills

Cally Gordon-Haessly & Josh Finke

Incident Management Teams are a Community Resource

Ed Janke

11:55 A.M – 12:40 P.M

Lunch Break

12:40 P.M – 1:40 P.M

Break-out Sessions #3

Off-highway Vehicle Crashes

Jake Holsclaw

Slapped, Stabbed, and Strangled

Chris Ebright

Mastering Airway Management: Advanced Airway Management Skills

Cally Gordon-Haessly & Josh Finke

Session Cancelled: Hybrid and Dry Decontamination for Hospitals, Healthcare Emergency Responders and Emergency Management – Al Lee

1:55 P.M – 2:55 P.M

Break-out Sessions #4

New ACS TQIP Best Practices Guideline for the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury: New Evidence and Novel Insights – Dr. Jen Roberts

Emergency Medical Services and Athletic Training: Partners in Athletic Care

Jodi Waltenberg & Adam Meshak

Lessons Learned from the Apple Orchard Wagon Rollover Mass Casualty Incident

Aimee Wollman and Marcus Walden

3:05 P.M – 4:20 P.M

General Session & Closing



Grief: Understanding & Supporting Self and Others

Amy Kitsembel

More details are available at: NCRTAC-WI.org/Conference.html