ACEP Frontline

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 resp...

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...

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 strateg...

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, wh...

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 documentati...

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 exp...

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 pr...

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...

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 voluntee...

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...

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, an...

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 Surpr...

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 pro...

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...

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 compensatio...

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....

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 upd...

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 meani...

On this episode of ACEP Frontline, Dr. Ryan Stanton sits down with Dr. Erik Blutinger during the ACEP Partner Collaborative to discuss how emergency medicine is expanding beyond the traditional walls of the emergency department. As healthcare continues to evolve, emergency physicians are uniquely positioned to meet patients where they are, whether through community-based care, mobile health initia...

Recorded at the 4th Annual Colorado ACEP Leadership Symposium and EM: High Risk – Can't Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, this episode of ACEP Frontline features a presentation by Dr. Anna Engeln on the recognition and management of peripartum emergencies, with a special focus on peripartum cardiomyopathy. While postpartum patients are encountered less frequently in many emergency departments, they...

Recorded at the Colorado ACEP EM: High Risk – Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, this episode of ACEP Frontline hosted by Dr. Ryan Stanton features a presentation from Dr. Jesse Pines on the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence in emergency medicine. AI is already changing the way emergency physicians document, interpret data, communicate, and make clinical decisions, but where is...

Recorded from the right field seats during a Chicago White Sox game, this special short episode of ACEP Frontline features Dr. Ryan Stanton with Illinois ACEP President Dr. Kristen Donaldson. The conversation highlights recent legislative victories that are strengthening emergency medicine and improving patient care across Illinois, while offering insights into the advocacy efforts that made those...

Recorded at the Colorado ACEP High Risk: Do Not Miss Conference in Beaver Creek, this episode of ACEP Frontline features Dr. Ryan Stanton and a presentation by Dr. Scott Branney on a growing trend in trauma and resuscitation, prehospital whole blood. As more EMS systems adopt whole blood programs, the discussion explores the evidence supporting earlier transfusion, the impact on patients with life...

Recorded at the 2026 Massachusetts ACEP Annual Meeting, this episode of ACEP Frontline features Dr. Ryan Stanton in conversation with Dr. Alice Bukhman on the unique challenges of caring for patients in custody. Emergency physicians frequently care for individuals who arrive under law enforcement supervision, creating situations where patient rights, medical ethics, safety, and legal consideration...

What do you do when a patient arrives with a venomous snakebite? Which bites are truly dangerous, when should antivenom be used, and what are the biggest myths that continue to circulate about snakebite management? On this episode of So What?, host Dr. Howie Mell sits down with one of the nation's leading experts on snake envenomation, Dr. Spencer Greene, for a practical, evidence-based discussion...