Caring for COVID patients sometimes requires emergency transport for more intense therapies. Being able to bring ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) therapy to patients has…
Critical Care
UW Health trains local EMS to use new life-saving technology for older children
A life-changing technology to save people in cardiac arrest is now available at UW Health for children as young as 13. This technology, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, commonly referred to as ECMO…
Dr. Glazer receives UW Health Physician Excellence Award
Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Glazer of the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine who has been selected for a 2020 UW Health Physician Excellence Award. These prestigious, peer-nominated awards…
University of Wisconsin recognized as a Gold Level Center for Excellence in Life Support
The University of Wisconsin ECLS Center has received the Gold Level ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support for 2020-2023 from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO)…
Bill Burns contributes chapter to new Palliative Medicine book
Dr. William Burns has co-authored a chapter to a recently released book entitled Palliative Skills for Frontline Clinicians, which addresses the challenges of delivering complex care to patients living with serious illnesses. Spanning emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery and …