CARES (CENTER FOR ANIMAL REFERRAL AND EMERGENCY SERVICES)

CARES is a 24 hour Emergency and Referral Specialty veterinary hospital that clearly stands apart. Hopefully you won't need our emergency services, but we're ready-right now. With 8 full-time emergency clinicians and an exceptional nursing staff -including Veterinary Technical Specialty certified-Emergency and Critical Care; and Certified Veterinary Technicians- we are here for you.

Our comprehensive in house laboratory enables us to obtain the rapid diagnostic information that your pet needs. Complete blood count, Chemistry Profile, Urine Analysis, Blood Gas analysis, Coagulation testing, Infectious disease testing, Blood Typing, and others are available on site.

Our advanced monitoring and patient care provide the very best for your injured or ill pet. Oxygen therapy, Blood product and Transfusion therapy, Nutritional therapy (enteral and total parenteral), iv fluid therapy, pain management are just a sampling of the support your pet may receive. Monitoring including Pulse Oximetry, Blood Preasure Measurement (central and peripheral, direct and indirect, oscillometric and doppler) Electrocardiogram, End Tidal CO2 area available to name a few.

Advanced diagnostics help our clinicians find answers with tools that you have come to expect as standard of care in human medicine. Our patients are equally deserving of the very best care. Computed Tomography (CT Scan), Digital Radiography, Diagnostic Ultrasound, Echocardiography, 24 hour electrocardiography (holter monitor), Endoscopy (gastrointestinal and respiratory), electroretinography (ERG) and others are routinely employed at CARES.

Complementing this impressive array, in house Clinical Pathology enables us to obtain on the spot evaluation of many diagnostic samples obtained during diagnostic procedures. Cytologic evaluation with results often available in minutes instead of several days is a tremendous benefit in the diagnosis and treatment of numerous conditions. Time is critical and we understand this.

Referral and Specialty services are staffed by Board Certified Specialists and Residency Trained, Board-Eligible clinicians to provide the advanced care your pet needs. These Specialty and Referral Services include: Cardiology, Clinical Pathology, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Surgery and Emergency & Critical Care. The comprehensive nature of these services, along with the emergency service provides an outstanding environment in which to provide for the care of the injured or ill pet.