Emergency and Critical Care
The Emergency Service and Intensive Care Unit function as advanced trauma/emergency and intensive care treatment and diagnostic centers, akin to their counterparts in human hospitals. They are staffed by specially trained nurses, integrated with residents and interns, who work with board-certified faculty. The Emergency Service and Intensive Care Unit are among the busiest centers of their type in the world, with annual caseloads of 13,000 and 1,200, respectively. As an advanced trauma and diagnostic center, the service functions like a human emergency unit.
The two areas operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year to care for referral cases from veterinarians as well as animals with serious or life-threatening problems requiring immediate attention. Emergency surgery is available around the clock as well.
Residents and interns who want to specialize in critical care come here to study because of the expertise and large caseload.