ACEP Frontline

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 questions, and build a foundation for future practice-changing studies.

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 rapidly rising floodwaters.

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, quick decision making, and managing a huge range of perspectives under pressure, is the ideal training ground for building that skill. He walks through a practical framework for developing leadership on shift, starting with a simple personal leadership statement and building toward leading teams and larger systems, and makes the case that emergency physicians are uniquely positioned to lead change across the broader healthcare system. The throughline is that leadership is not acquired knowledge but a skill built through repeated practice, and the emergency department is the best laboratory available for building it.

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 emergency physicians deliver evidence-based care for patients with acute respiratory exacerbations.

Dr. Tricia Swan, a pediatric emergency physician specializing in neonatal care, explores major updates to newborn resuscitation. She discusses cord management, oxygen and ventilation strategies, and preparing community emergency departments for deliveries. She also examines maternity care deserts, rising out-of-hospital births, and how EMS teams can train for these high-stakes emergencies.

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 the care they provide.

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 admissions, and add value to emergency department care.

Dr. Evan Schwarz, a UCLA emergency physician, medical toxicologist, and addiction specialist, explores the changing opioid crisis in emergency care. He discusses fentanyl, kratom, xylazine, and medetomidine, plus practical buprenorphine dosing, COWS scoring, microdosing, and harm reduction. The conversation also highlights peer recovery coaches and new opportunities for emergency clinicians to connect patients with treatment.

Dr. Marianne Wallis, a University of Colorado critical care physician specializing in mechanical circulatory support, tackles LVAD emergencies through compelling cases. She explores device basics, controller readings, alarms, pump thrombosis, suction events, arrhythmias, infection, bleeding, and resuscitation priorities. A practical guide for emergency clinicians facing high-stakes complications.