The NCRTAC is an organized group of health care entities and emergency responders who have an interest in organizing and improving trauma care within our region. Our primary purpose is to design, implement and evaluate a trauma system within the region that is data-based, confidential and sensitive to the needs and limitations of our area.

Conference Agenda

7:30am - 8:00am Registration

8:00am - 9:15am Dr. “Deke” Farrington Memorial Keynote Presentation Wilderness Medicine: Lessons We Can All Learn from Extended Backwoods Emergency Incidents Dr. Philip Kostka

9:25am -1 0:25am Breakout Session 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

10:25am - 10:55am Morning Break/Visit Vendors

10:55am - 11:55am Breakout Session 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

11:55am - 12:55pm Lunch/Visit Vendors

12:40pm - 1:40pm Breakout Session 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 
  • Hybrid and Dry Decontamination for Hospitals, Healthcare Emergency Responders and Emergency Management – Al Lee

1:55pm - 2:55pm Breakout Session 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

3:05pm - 4:20pm Closing Session: Grief: Understanding & Supporting Self and Others Amy Kitsembel

4:20pm - 4:30pm Closing Remarks/Door Prizes

 

Cost

$40

Continuing Education Credits

Marshfield Clinic Health System, Inc. is approved as a provider of continuing health education by the Wisconsin Society for Healthcare Education and Training (WISHET). Marshfield Clinic Health System, Inc. designates this activity for up to 6.5 contact hours (0.65 CEUs) of continuing education for allied health professionals. To claim credit, you must complete the program evaluation

Refund/Registration Change Policy

A full refund is available for registration cancellation requests received on or before April 3. No refund will be available after April 3. Registrants may switch from attending in-person to virtually until April 3.

Thank You to our 2025 Sponsors!: Northcentral Wisconsin Healthcare Emergency Readiness Coalition, Aspirus Health, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield Children's Hospital