Jan. 21: Seconds to survive: Field recognition and management of shock
Topic: Focus on early interventions, airway priorities and perfusion support in alignment with the 2025 AHA updates (rapid recognition of shock types).
Join us for an engaging, year-long program for EMS and health care professionals. In 2025 we’re adding four special sessions — one each quarter — to explore advanced topics.
Gain lifesaving insights and practical strategies from top experts, covering everything from mass casualty management to advanced trauma care. Stay at the forefront of emergency care—at no cost.
Webinars cover topics including:
Disease diagnosis, treatment and management of complex emergencies with major emphasis at prehospital level
Common concerns and caregiving options
Case studies and interactive discussions
New research and developments in the most common pathologies you will observe in your daily practice
Registration is free and available to health care providers.
Earn one hour of continuing education unit (CEU) with every live session, eligible for both state and NREMT recertification.
We strongly encourage participation of prehospital providers of all levels, also emergency department RNs and advanced practice providers (PAs, NPs). Physicians and students are also welcome.
Education sessions are held virtually using Teams on Wednesdays throughout the year at 6 p.m. CST.
2025 Emergency Education Nights
Dec. 3 (special edition): ECPR: A Year in Review of Lifesaving Extracorporeal Resuscitation Techniques
Presenter: Dr. Brittney Bernardoni
Advanced care techniques using ECMO in critical care transport and emergency settings.
Register for the Dec. 3 session
Dec. 17: Heart in Crisis: Advanced STEMI Recognition and Cardiac Arrest Management
Presenter: TBD
Advanced protocols for STEMI recognition and management and resuscitation techniques in cardiac arrest scenarios.
Register for the session
Feb. 18: From cradle to crisis: Pediatric and neonatal emergency updates
Topic: Pediatric airway, shock, trauma recognition aligned with AHA 2025 PALS update
March 4 (special edition): The HALO talks: The unthinkable – sexual assault and violence response in the field
Focus areas: Introduces trauma-informed EMS care, forensic awareness and safe coordination with law enforcement and advocacy teams. Applies to all provider levels.
March 18: Time is the enemy: Field decision-making in rapidly deteriorating patients
Focus areas: Case-driven review of patients with rapidly declining status (airway obstruction, anaphylaxis, tension physiology). Emphasizes decision speed and prioritization in field care.
April 15: Med Flight chronicles: The distance between life and arrival
Focus areas: Reconstructs complex trauma transport where timing and coordination between ground and flight teams determined survival. Highlights system communication and critical decision points.
May 20: "Invisible barriers": Autism, dementia and behavioral challenges in EMS
Focus areas: Focus on practical communication and assessment strategies for patients with autism, dementia or behavioral challenges to improve safety and patient outcomes in the field.
June 3 (special edition): "The heartbeat series": The pulse of recognition - Ep. 1
Focus areas: Basics of EKG pattern recognition, artifact correction and field acquisition: "Seeing the rhythm before it speaks."
June 17: Every minute counts: Field sepsis recognition and early intervention
Focus areas: Early recognition tools, fluid resuscitation boundaries, antibiotic coordination and transport priority based on new sepsis pathway data.
July 15: Hidden hypoxia: Recognizing silent respiratory failure before it crashes
Focus areas: Field identification of subtle hypoxia in COPD, sepsis and post-overdose patients. Emphasizes pre-intubation oxygenation, delayed desaturation awareness and the evolving role of pulse ox trends and capnography.
Aug. 19: When seconds freeze: Trauma arrest and hemorrhage control in motion
Focus areas: Advanced trauma care for rare but critical incidents. Focus on hemorrhage control, field blood use and coordinated extrication under duress. Field trauma arrest protocols, hypothermia in trauma.
Sept. 2 (special edition): "The heartbeat series": STEMI or not? The subtle clues that matter - Ep. 2
Focus areas: Advanced pre-hospital STEMI recognition, differentiating mimics and early activation workflows.
Sept. 16: Med Flight chronicles: Against the elements
Focus areas: Case review involving severe weather or environmental barriers to care. Emphasizes adaptation, risk management and teamwork between EMS and air transport.
Oct. 21: When nature wins: Drowning, hypothermia and environmental threats
Focus areas: Seasonal environmental focus: frostbite, hypothermia and burn management. Includes updated field warming strategies and transfer criteria.
Nov. 18: Telestroke and the race for the clot: Pre-hospital recognition of LVO and stroke activation
Focus areas: EMS-driven stroke identification using LVO screening tools and telestroke activation processes. Strengthens communication between field providers and UW Health stroke teams.
Dec. 2 (special edition): HALO and systems debrief: The last link in critical care
Focus areas: End-of-year multidisciplinary review highlighting lessons learned from 2026 HALO and Med Flight cases. Integrates data feedback and psychological safety elements.
Dec. 16: The aging emergency: Complex geriatric trauma and medical overlap
Focus areas: Review frailty, anticoagulation and comorbidities in older trauma patients. Discusses prehospital adaptations and the role of EMS in preventing secondary injury.
Questions
For questions about the Emergency Education Night webinar series, or if you like a particular case to be presented or discussed by the lecturer in any of the sessions, please contact the EMS Outreach Coordination via email at floyo@uwhealth.org
You can watch approved 2025 Emergency Education Night Webinar Series episodes on demand and earn continuing education credits (CEU) through the UW–Madison ICEP site.
How to access recordings for credit
Visit our dedicated series page on the ICEP site: Emergency Education Night Webinar Series Online-2025
Select any available episode from the growing list of approved sessions.
Watch the full recording.
Complete the brief post-session assessment to receive your certificate of completion and CE credit.
You can view past webinar sessions. Note, the following do not include CEU.
2024
Jan. 17 - Sepsis: Dr. Bryce Taylor
Feb. 21 - Farm-related emergencies and trauma: Dr. Michael Abernathy
March 20 - Neurological emergencies: Dr. Marin Darsie
April 17 - Burns update: Dr. Lee Faucher
May 15 - Psychiatric emergencies: Dr. Alyssandra Abrenica, Dr. Mika Galiher and Dr. Marc Kalin
June 17 - Trauma review: Dr. Joshua Gauger
July 17 - eCPR: Dr. Brittney Bernadoni
Aug. 21 - Respiratory emergencies: Dr. Craig Tschautscher
Sept. 18 - Pediatric traumatic resuscitation: Dr. Adam Brinkman
Oct. 2 - Special edition: Obstetrical emergencies: Dr. Michael Beninati
Oct. 16 - STEMI Review: Dr. Amish Raval
Nov. 20 - Current management of frostbite and special burns: Dr. Angela Gibson
Dec. 18 - Toxicologic emergencies: Dr. Andrew Cathers
Participants in the 2024 webinar series
Total: 1,250
First-time: 295
Returning: 955
Provider-types represented
Prehospital: 82%
EMR: 9.5%
EMT: 34.6%
AEMT: 18.1%
Paramedic: 11.8%
Critical care paramedic: 8.4%
Other healthcare professionals: 18%
RN: 15.7%
Advanced Practitioners: 1.8%
Pharmacists: 0.1%
Geographic reach
U.S.: WI, IL, MN, MI, GA, WA, CA, CT
International: Canada, Italy