Episodes

Emergency medicine is under attack from insurance and other industries interested in boosting profits and undercutting the safety net of the US healthcare system. Without intervention, this could seriously threaten access for millions of Americans and destroy the emergency system that has been built over the past 50+ years. In this episode, we talk about the situation, facts, and where to go from here.

Today on ACEP Frontline we talk with Dr. Emily Rose about rashes. With more parents choosing not to vaccinate, you’re more likely to see some rashes that you thought were a thing of the past. We’ll discuss a few pearls for making the correct diagnosis for more common presentations and also how to identify deadly rashes that just might have you fooled.

This episode of ACEP Frontline takes us back to ACEP18 when we talked to Dr. Christina Shenvi about the geriatric patient and how the ADEPT tool can help with the management of delirium or agitation in the elderly patient. You can access the online tool by visiting: www.Acep.org/ADEPT This bedside tool is available in our emPOC app. Available exclusively to ACEP Members at Google Play or the Apple App Store.

Recorded at ACEP18, Dr Schuur talks about avoiding unnecessary imaging and the quality improvement in the ED. Change isn’t easy, so what does it take to get docs to follow the evidence that less is more? For more information, please visit www.acep.org/equal

On this episode of ACEP Frontline we head back to LAC19 and talk about health care coverage. Dr. Ryan Stanton and Dr. Cedric Dark dig into what Medicare for All might look like and what it would take to fund it.

Today on ACEP Frontline Dr. Ryan Stanton and his guest Dr. Michael Bublewicz discuss mask-free NIV – a growing technology for the ED patient in respiratory distress.

Dr. Kaide returns to the Frontline to talk about the management of hemophilia in the emergency department.

Dr. Delaney discusses emergencies in commercial aviation and what emergency physicians can do at 35k feet. Recorded at ACEP18.

Today on ACEP Frontline, host Dr. Ryan Stanton and his guest Dr. Caroline Freiermuth discuss treating the Sickle Cell patient when they present to the ED. June 19 was Sickle Cell awareness day, so it’s the perfect time to refresh your understanding of this rare but significant disease and get some pearls for the management of the patient. For more information about improving EM care for the Sickle Cell Disease, please visit http://www.acep.org/by-medical-focus/hematology/sickle-cell/

In today’s episode of "ACEP Frontline", Dr. Ryan Stanton talks with EMRA members Dr. Erik Blutinger and Dr. Scott Pasichow about starting a career in Emergency Medicine. Whether you are graduating med school and going into residency, moving from residency to attending or to a fellowship, even going from attending back into fellowship, transition can be unnerving. How does one actually prepare for the life in Emergency Medicine? Dr. Blutinger and Dr. Pasichow share their insights.

On today’s ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton and his guest, Dr. Howie Mell, talk about merit badges. Is there value in the merit badge or is it a lack of respect for the specialty of EM?

On today’s “ACEP Frontline”, Dr. Ryan Stanton talks to Dr. Scott Pasichow about your finances as a resident transitioning to an attending. How do you go from spending massive amounts of money on education, to making a little in residency and now looking at the salary of an attending physician? What about insurance? When do you start planning for retirement? Find out on this episode!

On today’s ACEP Frontline, Dr. Stanton had a chance to talk to Dr. Olen Netteburg about his life as an EM physician in Chad. Dr. Netteburg was trained in the US, and then he and his wife, who is also a physician, went to Chad to care for those in need. We guarantee you’ll be inspired by this conversation about global medicine and how we all make a difference. www.Missionarydoctors.blogspot.com

Today, on "ACEP Frontline", it's the episode you've been waiting for! Award winning journalist and author, Sam Quinones, talks with Dr. Ryan Stanton about his revolutionary book, "Dreamland". You absolutely cannot miss this narrative about how the opioid epidemic unfolded and where we are headed as a country in crisis. http://www.samquinones.com/books/dreamland/

In this last podcast in the TN-CEP series, Dr. Ryan Stanton gives an update on the opioid crisis. What progress has been made? Is there light at the end of the tunnel? What work still needs to be done? Dr. Stanton shares data, legislative efforts and insights about the opioid crisis in this special edition of ACEP Frontline.

On the episode of "ACEP Frontline", Dr. Ryan Stanton and Dr. Ben Smith discuss Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS). Portable hand held ultrasound devices have become very affordable, but as with any diagnostic tool, you still need practice to be proficient. This episode was recorded at the TN ACEP annual meeting.

Recorded at the TN-CEP annual meeting, Dr. Ryan Stanton continues his conversation with Dr. Frank Tift about updates in EMS. In this episode Dr. Tift shares pearls about what we should be doing, and perhaps more importantly, what we shouldn't be doing in regard to spinal motion restriction.

Recorded at TN-CEP, Dr. Ryan Stanton talks to Dr. Frank Tift about general EMS updates. Dr. Tift shares pearls from LLSA articles including tourniquet use, expanded use of Narcan and using D10 vs. D50 for hypoglycemia.

On this episode of “ACEP Frontline”, Dr. Ryan Stanton talks to Dr. Darria Long Gillespie about her best-selling book, “Mom Hacks”. You knock it out of the park as an Emergency Physician, so how come you just don’t feel like you have it all together at home? Spoiler alert, you don’t need to be a mom to appreciate the hacks and insights in this episode! You can find the book here: https://drdarria.com/momhacks/ Twitter: @drdarria

On this episode of "ACEP Frontline", Dr. Ryan Stanton talks with Dr. Michael Gerardi about paying for healthcare. Is America ready for Single Payer? The ACA was a step in the right direction, but premiums and deductibles are still quite significant for many. Listen in as Dr. Stanton and Dr. Gerardi dig in to the details about Single Payer coverage.

Today on ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton and Dr. John Rogers talk metrics. The goal of measures should be to help to inform and make better decisions about patient care but all too often the measures become the goal.

On this episode of ACEP's Frontline, host, Dr. Ryan Stanton talks to Dr. Steve Haywood about advances in ED respiratory care and management. This episode was recorded at the Tennessee ACEP Annual meeting in Chattanooga.

In this episode, Dr. Stanton talks with an advocate leader for emergency medicine. Dr. Esther Choo is making waves in a great way for fairness and equality in medicine and beyond. Get involved! https://www.timesuphealthcare.org/ Twitter: @choo_ek

On this week’s episode of ACEP’s Frontline, host Dr. Ryan Stanton, talks with his guest Dr. Jessica Whittle about Sepsis. Are the current Sepsis guidelines your friend or foe? Sepsis evaluation and management is complicated. One of the biggest challenges of treating sepsis can be fluid management. Dr. Whittle shares her expertise about fluid bolus as well as additional pearls about the early recognition and management of sepsis.