Penn Vet's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Ryan Hospital is an advanced trauma/intensive care treatment and diagnostic center. The ICU provides care for the most critically ill small animal patients.
What We Do
We care for the sickest patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Many patients are referred to us by other veterinarians who realize that these animals need specialized care, resources, and expertise for their survival
Each patient is admitted to the ICU because of a life-threatening disease or condition, the need for advanced pain management, or complex fluid or drug therapy.
We commonly treat severe disease, cancer, kidney failure, complicated diabetes, advanced neurologic disease and cancer. Additionally, we provide specialized post-operative care for high-risk surgical and trauma patients.
Each patient’s care and well-being is assessed constantly by the ICU team, with a low ratio of patients to staff: most doctors and technicians only handle one to three patients per day.