Critical Care

Our Emergency & Critical Care service uses technology and advanced skills to monitor, diagnose, and treat animals with acute or chronic illness. The most severe and life-threatening emergencies are managed in our critical care unit, and the emergency and critical care veterinarians work diligently to provide the best patient care and treatment. Staff members realize that each pet is accompanied by a concerned owner, and they understand the fears that owners experience when a beloved pet is in critical condition.

This service is fully staffed and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The emergency team is trained to assess and treat pets that become ill when their family veterinarian is unavailable and to handle life-threatening emergencies. Some common emergencies include being hit by a car, falling from heights, profuse vomiting or diarrhea, difficulty breathing, seizures, and toxin ingestion. While some patients can be treated and released the same day, others must be admitted for further stabilization. Patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries are admitted to our critical care unit for close monitoring and advanced life support measures.

The unit is staffed by veterinarians and technicians with training and experience in emergency and critical care. They provide around-the-clock care for each patient and utilize a variety of advanced monitoring and diagnostic tools:

• 24-hour fluid therapy
• Oxygen therapy
• Pain management
• BP monitoring
• Continuous EKG
• Enteral and Parenteral nutrition
• Blood transfusion therapy
• Mechanical Ventilation
• Capnography
• Pulse oximetry
• Tonometry
• Blood gas, coagulation, complete blood count, and chemistry analyzers
• Cardiac resuscitation, and post resuscitation care