ACEP Frontline

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.

In this week’s ACEP Frontline Dr. Ryan Stanton and his guest Dr. Gerad Troutman discuss EMS Diversion. With more cities moving toward eliminating diversion, how is patient care impacted and what does that mean for the ED as far as boarding and crowding are concerned?

In today’s "ACEP Frontline", host, Dr. Ryan Stanton talks with Dr. Upendo George, an Emergency Physician from, Tanzania. Dr. George shares her experiences about the relatively young specialty of Emergency Medicine in her country. Listen in to hear how the practice of Emergency Medicine has made a dramatic difference in patient outcomes in Tanzania.

Dr. George on Twitter: @ulovegeorge

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, host Dr. Ryan Stanton and his guest Dr. Colin Kaide discuss the difficulties of identifying and initiating care for the patient presenting with hemophilia A. They uncover challenges and offer insights for this rare but serious disorder.

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On today’s episode of ACEP’s Frontline, host Dr. Ryan Stanton and his guest, Dr. Amal Mattu discuss updates in EKG. Dr. Mattu shares the secret to interpreting EKGs and also how to avoid some common pitfalls when interpreting them. They also discuss, “Electrocardiography in Emergency, Acute and Critical Care, 2nd Edition”, ACEP’s newest Electrocardiography book which Dr. Mattu co-edited with Jeffery Tabas, MD, FACEP and William Brady, MD, FACEP.

Download a FREE chapter from the book here: http://Bookstore.Acep.Org/Img/Product/Description/ECG%202e%20Chapter%201.Pdf

Purchase the book here: http://bookstore.acep.org/electrocardiography-in-emegency-medicine/electrocardiography-in-emergency-acute-and-critical-care-2nd-ed-509622

In today’s ACEP Frontline, host Dr. Ryan Stanton and his guests, Dr. Ula Hwang, Dr. Michael Malone Dr. and Kevin Biese wrap up a three-part series on the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) program. They discuss how to help your ED become more geriatric focused, and about GEDA accreditation levels available. With an estimated 10,000 Baby Boomers turning 65 every day, this patient population continues to grow. The older patient not only has specific medical needs, but he/she may also have complex social challenges that effect care options. Listen in as the group discusses ACEP’s GEDA program and why it's so impactful for the aging patient population.

For more information, please visit: https://www.acep.org/geda/

On today’s “ACEP Frontline”, host Dr. Ryan Stanton and his guest Dr. Rachel Garvin talk about airway management in the crashing or critically ill patient. Your best chance to have the process go smoothly, is to ensure you have a plan and you should start developing that plan as soon as the patient comes in. Listen in as Dr. Garvin shares pearls and pitfalls for the management of these patients as well as patients who don’t need intubation but may need airway support for other reasons.

On today’s ACEP Frontline, host Dr. Ryan Stanton his guest Dr. Alisa Niksch talk about Magnetocardiography (MCG). Not familiar with MCG? No worries, Dr. Niksch explains it all – so let’s dig in to this week’s episode to see if this technology can help risk stratify your cardiac patient.

This episode was recorded live at ACEP18.