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View ArticleCrash Cart: Anthem Inc Policy Angers ACEP; Follow-Up After ED Missing; CA...
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Bring ’em All video spotlights frontline medical workers
Eugene Richards, who handled the photography and interviews for the ACEP 50th anniversary book, Bring ’em All, put together a video in honor of the medical workers. Richards said it was hard to see the...
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