Episodes

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, recorded live from ACEP26 in Chicago, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Matthew Pavlichko, host of the RT Sidebar Podcast, and Dr. Jessica Whittle to discuss the recognition and significance of increased work of breathing in emergency medicine patients. They explore the clinical importance of identifying respiratory distress early, the role of objective assessment and team-based care, and practical strategies for using work of breathing as an early warning sign of ...

In this Frontline Weekend Playlist episode, hear Dr. Jesse Pines present “The Current and Future of Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Departments” at the Fourth Annual Leadership Symposium & EM: High Risk – Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. He explores the rapidly evolving role of AI in emergency medicine, discussing current applications such as ambient documentation, clinical decision support, chart summarization, and quality improvement while examining the opportunities, lim...

Recorded at ACEP26 Scientific Assembly in Chicago, Dr. Ryan Stanton talks with Dr. Matthew Roginski, an emergency physician and intensivist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, about the underused and controversial medications that come into play when septic or distributive shock stops responding to the basics. Dr. Roginski lays out a tiered approach, starting with fluids, norepinephrine, and vasopressin, then adding steroids, epinephrine, bicarbonate, and calcium, and finally turning to last-...

In this Frontline Weekend Playlist episode, hear Dr. Patrick Kneeland present “Elevating Our Game: Cultivating Connected Transformation in Healthcare Settings” at the Fourth Annual Leadership Symposium & EM: High Risk – Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. He explores the drivers of professional well-being, psychological safety, and team culture, sharing practical leadership strategies for fostering connection, collaboration, resilience, and meaningful change in complex healthcare e...

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Peter Pruitt, chair of the ACEP Research Forum for ACEP26 in Chicago, to discuss the growth of emergency medicine research and the opportunities available to clinicians, residents, and aspiring researchers. He highlights this year’s Research Forum programming and shares practical insights from his session on conducting high-quality retrospective chart reviews, including how to avoid common pitfalls, generate meaningful research...

In this special edition episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Danya Khoujah, co-host of ACEP's Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine podcast, to discuss ACEP's new Emergency Medicine Audio Network. They discuss their own podcast series as well as the rest of the network's audio offerings and the importance of being able to access clinical updates through different mediums.

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Sean Ochsenbein to reflect on the Hurricane Helene flooding that inundated Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, forcing a rooftop evacuation of patients and staff. He shares the leadership, disaster response, and emergency management lessons learned during the unprecedented flood, detailing how healthcare teams, first responders, and military rescue crews worked together to safely evacuate everyone from the hospital amid...

In this Frontline Weekend Playlist episode, hear Dr. Andrew French, Vice President and Physician Executive for Quality, Safety, and Clinical Operations at Centura Health, present "Critical Connections, Leadership in Emergency Medicine" from the Fourth Annual Leadership Symposium and EM: High Risk, Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Dr. French reframes leadership as influence rather than title or authority, and argues that emergency medicine, with its daily demands for adaptability...

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Chirag Shah and Dr. John Casey to discuss updates in the emergency department management of asthma and COPD, as well as the latest ACEP Point-of-Care tools designed to support bedside clinical decision-making. They review emerging technologies such as vibrating mesh nebulizers, evolving evidence around respiratory support strategies, and practical recommendations for medications, imaging, ventilation, and disposition to help em...

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Tricia Swan at Symposium by the Sea in Amelia Island, Florida to discuss updates in the ninth edition of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program and the growing impact of maternity care deserts on emergency medicine. She reviews key changes in newborn resuscitation, including cord management, oxygen use, and ventilation strategies, while highlighting how emergency physicians and EMS clinicians can prepare for the increasing number o...

In this Frontline Weekend Playlist episode, hear Dr. Jason Adler present “Winning the Payer Battle” at the Colorado ACEP Leadership Symposium & EM: High Risk – Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. He explores evolving payer tactics that affect emergency medicine reimbursement, including downcoding, denials, and diagnosis-based payment policies, while offering practical documentation and revenue cycle strategies to help physicians and practice leaders protect appropriate payment for ...

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Igor Middlebrook at Michigan ACEP's Summer Assembly on Mackinac Island to discuss the expanding role of ultrasound-guided regional nerve blocks and multimodal pain management in emergency medicine. He shares practical strategies for implementing a nerve block program, highlights high-yield blocks for community physicians, and explains how these techniques can improve patient outcomes, reduce opioid use, avoid unnecessary admiss...

Recorded live at Michigan ACEP at Mackinac, Dr. Ryan Stanton talks with Dr. Evan Schwarz, a UCLA emergency physician, medical toxicologist, and addiction medicine specialist, about the evolving landscape of substance use disorder in the ED. Dr. Schwarz explains why opioid overdose deaths are trending down despite what emergency physicians see day to day, and how the drug supply has shifted from prescription opioids and heroin to fentanyl, kratom, xylazine, and medetomidine adulterants. The conve...

In this Frontline Weekend Playlist episode, hear Dr. Marianne Wallis, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, present on LVAD emergencies from the Fourth Annual Leadership Symposium & EM: High Risk – Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Using a case-based approach, she covers how LVADs work, how to read the controller and alarms, and how to recognize and manage the most common emergencies — pump thrombus, suction events, arrhythmias, infection, and blee...

Recorded in Dallas at the Partner Collaborative, Dr. Ryan Stanton welcomes back Dr. Christopher Baugh, MD, MBA, FACEP, chair-elect of the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF), for a conversation on the role of specialty-specific research in emergency medicine. Dr. Baugh discusses EMF's 50-plus year history funding over 700 investigators, how the foundation's scientific review committee and volunteer board evaluate grant applications, and why supporting early-career researchers, including students...

In this Frontline Weekend Playlist episode, hear Dr. Gannon Sungar, DO, present "Syringes, Rocket Launchers, and Rum: Common Reduction Techniques in the Emergency Department" from the Fourth Annual Leadership Symposium & EM: High Risk – Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Rather than a comprehensive review, Dr. Sungar highlights a handful of practical, often-overlooked techniques for three of the ED's most common dislocations. For the mandible, he compares the syringe and extraoral...

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Michael McCrea to discuss his Michigan Emergency Medicine Assembly lecture, “2 AM Guideline Updates,” a practical review of recent evidence and guideline changes affecting emergency medicine practice. He highlights key updates in ACLS and PALS, pulmonary embolism risk stratification and disposition, ischemic stroke management, and ACEP’s updated aortic dissection clinical policy, focusing on take-home changes clinicians can app...

In this Frontline Weekend Playlist episode, hear Dr. Leon Adelman present “The Post-Pandemic Emergency Physician Job Market: Disasters, Disruptions, and Dynamism” from the Fourth Annual Leadership Symposium & EM: High Risk – Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. He examines the evolving business landscape of emergency medicine, discussing consolidation, private equity, the No Surprises Act, reimbursement trends, and the forces shaping the emergency physician job market after the COVI...

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Ryan McBride, ACEP’s Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs, to discuss ACEP’s federal advocacy priorities and the College’s efforts on behalf of emergency physicians and their patients. They explore the challenges of advancing policy in Congress, provide an update on the No Surprises Act and independent dispute resolution process, and highlight ways members can stay engaged with ACEP’s advocacy work.

In this first installment of the Frontline Weekend Playlist, hear Dr. Abigail Leibowitz present an update on immune-based cancer therapies from the Annual Leadership Symposium & EM: High Risk – Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. She reviews immune checkpoint inhibitors and CAR T-cell therapy, focusing on the recognition and management of immune-related complications encountered in the ED and highlighting why emergency physicians must understand today’s rapidly evolving oncology tr...

On this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Rob Anderson, clinician co-founder of Marit Health, to discuss the ACEP Emergency Physician Compensation Survey and why salary transparency matters for every stage of an emergency physician’s career. The conversation explores the limitations of broad regional averages and the value of current, local data that reflects compensation models, workload, benefits, employment structure, and other factors that shape the true value of a...

On this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton is joined by Dr. Rob Ohle and aortic dissection survivor Brian Brantley for a discussion on one of emergency medicine's most challenging diagnoses. Through Brian's powerful firsthand account of surviving a Type A aortic dissection, the conversation highlights the importance of recognizing that acute aortic syndromes rarely read the textbook. Dr. Ohle shares practical, evidence-based strategies for improving diagnostic accuracy, including the cr...

On this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton chats with ACEP President Dr. Tony Cirillo to discuss a major advocacy victory that reinforces one of the core principles of emergency medicine: physician-led emergency care. The conversation explores the collaborative efforts between ACEP, state chapters, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Surgeons that resulted in updated ACS Committee on Trauma Level IV trauma center standards requiring physician staffing in emerge...

On this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton sits down with Drs. Stephen Anderson and James "Big Jim" Neuenschwander for a powerful conversation on expanding access to recovery resources for patients with opioid use disorder. The discussion highlights the critical role emergency departments play in initiating medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), providing naloxone, and creating meaningful connections to ongoing treatment and recovery services. The guests discuss The Naloxone Projec...