ACEP Frontline

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...