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Ray Antonacci

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Blog Posts

Nursing Care Through History

Since this is Nurses Week, Those of us at Our Urgent Care would like to extend our deepest appreciation for the Nurses in our community and throughout history.

Great-Grandma May Not Like the Emergency Room

Emergency Departments are designed for the treatment of acute trauma and life threatening illnesses. Geriatric patients often times do not do well in the E.D.

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The Toughest Kids I Know...

The toughest kids I know battle through their asthma and compete in sports. These kids recognize that they have to take control of their disease and don't let asthma control them.

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You Can Learn to Save a Life in 60 Seconds

Due to confusing numbers and ratios, few people remembered how to do CPR in an emergency. Today, Hands-Only CPR changes all that. Some funny and memorable commercials might help, too.

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Are Emergency Departments at Risk?

A short history lesson on how emergency medicine developed in this country and a call to action to help save our emergency rooms from extinction.

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Finding Affordable Healthcare

Working for an Urgent Care, I come in contact with people who are uninsured and short on funds. I thought a blog on low cost health organizations may help some of those in need.

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Don't Underestimate the Dangers of Snow Shoveling

A fictional story of a middle aged man and the dangers of snow shoveling.

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Call In Sick Today, It's Probably The Flu

When you're sick and can't get out of bed this blog will help determine if you have a cold or the Flu.

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Doctor's Office, Urgent Care or Emergency Department - Part II

Questions pertaining to my last blog prompted me to answer how a person without health insurance should go about obtaining acute health care.

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Doctor's Office, Urgent Care or Emergency Department — Which Should You Use?

Some folks are confused over the differences between Urgent Care, Emergency Departments and their own Primary Care Physician. This blog outlines the basic differences and when to use each.

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