About Nurse Gwenny
Gwenny Winkler is an EMS Educator who sprouted her roots in the ER and HEMS. She believes learning should be fun and lives for those aha! moments when her students come alive with curiosity and a hunger for growth.
Frequently called “intense,” for her fast-paced and loud persona, Gwenny's ability to slow it down to connect with patients and treat their humanity along with their pathology is her superpower.
When she’s not in the ED, a helicopter, or the classroom, she enjoys destroying her opponents at pickleball and cooking exorbitant amounts of food. Her husband and five children are the light of her life, but those kids exhaust her to no end. Gwenny is a connoisseur of Diet Coke (can, fountain, bottle) and her blood type is Torchy’s queso.
In 2026, she and her husband released an education platform, The Nurse Gwenny Library, with over 100 hours of fun and engaging continuing education designed for today’s learner.
Professional Biography:
BA Psychology, McKendree University, 2006
BSN, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2014
CFRN (Certified Flight Nurse, BCEN)
CTRN (Certified Transport Nurse, BCEN)
CCRN (Critical Care Nurse, AACN)
What People Are Saying
I am writing to wholeheartedly recommend Nurse Gwenny and her Critical Care Flight Ready course.
Recently, my department hosted Nurse Gwenny to teach this course to our team, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. As the leader of EMS operations in my department, I can confidently say that every paramedic who attended raved about the quality of the instruction and the significant knowledge they gained.
I have personally attended one of Nurse Gwenny's classes in the past, and her teaching played a pivotal role in my success—I would not have passed my FP-C exam without her review course. With years of hands-on experience in critical care and flight medicine, she excels at breaking down complex, challenging topics into clear, relatable, and understandable segments. Her passion for teaching is evident in every session, and she maintains the highest level of currency by regularly taking these rigorous certification exams herself to ensure her content remains cutting-edge and relevant for students.
Nurse Gwenny is an exceptional instructor who truly cares about her learners' success. I would not hesitate to bring her back, and I would not recommend anyone else to teach this critical material to my paramedics.
Please feel free to contact me if you need any additional details.
-Matt Ball EMS Captain Farmers Branch Fire Department RN FP-C