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Emergency medicine from the working side of the bed.
ACEP Frontline - Emergency Medicine follows emergency clinicians through the practical problems that shape ED care. Recent episodes move from convenience-store toxins and pediatric shock to task interruption, mentorship, migraine protocols, and the use of cervical collars.
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ACEP Frontline - Emergency Medicine is a clinical conversation series for the emergency medicine world, but its best moments are less like formal instruction and more like experienced clinicians sorting through the day while the department keeps moving. The show is brisk. It tends to open with a practical problem, then works toward a usable framework: what should be ruled out, what needs to happen first, what can be handed off, and what should make a physician uneasy. Recent episodes show that range clearly. Convenience-store toxicology becomes a warning about cheap, legal products that may not appear on routine ED drug screens. Pediatric shock becomes a question of priorities: airway, access, antibiotics, blood pressure, transfer calls, and the different reality of doing all of that outside a children’s hospital. Task interruption is treated not as a nuisance, but as a defining feature of emergency medicine productivity. Migraine care becomes a workflow problem, with standardization, screening, differential diagnosis, and non-opioid pain management all in play. Pediatric emergency medicine runs through many of the recent conversations. Accelerate and the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Assembly supply episodes on chest pain, fevers, sedation, readiness, envenomations, and conference-style teaching that keeps drifting back to bedside decisions. The show also makes space for professional formation. A mentorship episode asks what mentorship actually is, why it is often done poorly, and how guidance can be more than seniority with a name tag. Its argumentative streak comes through in the So What discussion of cervical collars. That conversation weighs limited evidence, historical practice, intoxicated trauma patients, international approaches, and the need to be kind to other clinicians working under uncertainty. The style is warm, sometimes dry, and rarely over-polished. Jokes and side stories appear, then the discussion returns to patients, workflow, and risk. ACEP Frontline suits listeners who want emergency medicine discussed by people who understand the speed, interruptions, gray zones, and consequences of the work.
Made for: Emergency physicians, residents, pediatric emergency clinicians, critical care-minded clinicians, and ED leaders who want practical discussion of department problems. It also suits medical educators interested in mentorship, workflow, and conference-based clinical teaching.
What sets it apart: The show connects clinical evidence to the operational reality of the emergency department: interruptions, transfers, staffing constraints, unclear histories, and high-risk bedside judgment. It is less polished lecture and more informed clinical argument with practical takeaways.
ACEP Frontline, hosted by Dr. Ryan Stanton, features in-depth conversations on the hottest topics in emergency medicine and critical care.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It makes emergency medicine legible as bedside practice shaped by evidence, staffing, professional development, and policy.
ACEP Frontline - Emergency Medicine turns emergency care into a working conversation about judgment under pressure. Ryan Stanton keeps clinical discussions close to practice, asking how pediatric shock management changes when staffing is thin, transfers require coordination, and…
Pediatric shock meets the chest pain patient next door; you want a conversation that remembers both.
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A practical shock discussion focused on what has to happen first at the bedside.
The episode keeps its attention on pediatric shock management with Dr. Al Cicchetti, and it does so by staying close to the first moves that matter most: bag-valve-mask ventilation, airway decisions, IO access, fluids, antibiotics, and the need to hand off work once the child is…
A careful case for collars as a judgment call, not a reflex.
Dr. Ken Milne and the host keep the discussion focused on when a cervical collar earns its place and when habit may be doing the work instead.
A practical look at making migraine care more consistent in a busy emergency department.
Ryan Stanton and Dr. Juan Gallego focus on a common emergency department challenge: standardizing care for patients who arrive with non-traumatic headache, while treating migraine with evidence-based options instead of opioids.
A direct look at the disputed role of C-collars.
So What spends its first half on the dispute over cervical collars, with Howie and Ken Milne working through the shift from standing takedowns and backboards to the malpractice cases that helped lock the habit in place.
A practical physician-focused negotiation lesson about finding the interest beneath the demand and earning leverage through credible work.
The episode frames negotiation as a practical career skill for physicians, with the useful reminder that a stated demand is not always the real issue. Dr.
A measured, nonpartisan read on what New Jersey and Virginia's governor's races may signal for the political conversation.
Political literacy comes into focus through emergency medicine's practical concerns, as Ryan Stanton speaks with Nathan Gonzalez of Inside Elections at the Leadership and Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C.
A grounded emergency medicine conversation about turning cross-specialty insight into better follow-up.
The episode uses the idea of a "situation room" to frame emergency medicine as a place where specialties can compare pressures and turn shared lessons into better practice.
Masha Gessen narrates her own cousin's murder-for-hire arrest and custody battle.
Rich Roll interviews recovery and endurance guests, plus 'Roll On' segments with Adam Skolnick.
Peter Attia evaluates longevity science, from CETP inhibitors to protein debates, through evidence.
Rhonda Patrick translates NAD, vitamin D, and coffee research into daily health protocols.
Shawn Stevenson interviews researchers and coaches on nutrition, sleep, hormones, and fitness.
Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-hosts field Cosmic Queries on physics, space, and beyond.
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Ryan Stanton records from Accelerate in San Diego, California, during the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Assembly.
Part two keeps its grip on the c-collar fight.
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Howie relaunches So What as a Frontline podcast with Ken Milne at the table.
Negotiation gets the teaching-fellowship spotlight.