Facilities
Recovery Pool
Dr. Jacques Jenny, considered the father of large-animal orthopedic surgery, envisioned a system where horses could emerge from anesthesia without injury. To that end, the operating room at the George D. Widener Hospital is equipped with a monorail that runs from the OR to the recovery pool. Our pool-recovery system allows the disoriented animal to waken suspended in a specially engineered harness and rubber raft, allowing him to gallop or flail in the warm water until fully conscious, significantly reducing the risk of re-injuring the damaged limb. Once awake, the horse is hoisted from the raft and moved to the recovery stall where he can stand at once.
The recovery pool is located in the C. Mahlon Kline building at New Bolton Center. Named in memory of C. Mahlon Kline, the building was erected in 1975 through the generosity of his family and the C. Mahlon Kline Foundation.
The Jeffords Treadmill Facility
The Jeffords high-speed Treadmill is used to evaluate the performance horse. Lameness, airway, and cardiac problems can be evaluated at speed.
The Connelly Intensive Care Unit
The Connelly Intensive Care Unit for adult patients is equipped with a specially designed sling and monorail system that moves non-ambulatory patients in and out of the ICU. The climate-controlled building includes scales in the floor that allow for monitoring patient weight gain and loss, vital for regulating fluid balance in critically ill patients. All stalls in both the adult and neonatal wings are equipped with oxygen, medical air and suction lines to treat intensive care patients.