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Emergencies and Urgent Care


Staff
Kelly Hall, DVM
Lisa Powell, DVM, DACVECC
Jane Quandt, DVM,MS, DACVECC, DACVA
Julie Schildt, DVM
Kelly Tart, DVM
Jeffrey Todd, DVM

Emergency & Critical Care Services Brochure (280 kb)

Contact
612-625-9711

Services
* 24-hour emergency service
* Supportive care and initial diagnostics for emergency patients
* Critical care monitoring
* Chest tube placement
* Tracheostomy tube placement
* Pericardiocentesis
* Thoracocentesis
* 24-hour ICU monitoring/hospitalization
* Bloodwork including profile, CBC, partial coagulation panels, blood gas analysis, and crossmatching
* Radiographs
* Emergency endoscopy for foreign body retrieval
* Emergency fluoroscopy primarily for myelograms
* Emergency surgical procedures

Hours
7 days/week, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Special equipment
* Ventilator
* Capnography
* 02 cages
* ECG/Blood pressure monitoring
* Isolation

Useful information
Please call before referring patients.

Emergency Services is for emergencies only. Emergencies are defined as a medical incident or condition which, if not treated immediately, would result in long-lasting morbidity or mortality.

Stable animals that need a workup will be sent home and clients instructed to make an appointment with the appropriate service.

Your regular veterinarian may not be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center (VMC) is.
A team of caring, highly qualified clinicians is on site to give your pet the immediate care he or she needs.

Call the VMC emergency number at 612-625-9711.



Why the “U”?

Why is the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center your best choice for emergency and critical care? The VMC offers:

 

  • A team of experienced and board-certified emergency/critical care specialists
  • A full staff of certified veterinary technicians, many with specialty credentials in emergency and critical care
  • A fully equipped and staffed 24-hour intensive care unit with multiple temperature-controlled oxygen cages, mechanical ventilation, and continuous ECG/ blood pressure monitoring
  • The support of the VMC’s 13 specialty services for continuing care
  • A licensed social worker with extended hours to provide support with difficult cases
  • A Clinical Investigation Center that provides patients access to cutting-edge research protocols for select cases
  • Fees consistent with other regional urgent care facilities Services
  • Supportive care and initial diagnostics for emergency patients
  • Critical care monitoring
  • Chest tube placement–a procedure in which a tube is inserted in the chest to remove air or fluid
  • Tracheostomy tube placement–a procedure in which a tube is placed into the windpipe
  • Pericardiocentesis–a procedure in which fluid is aspirated from the pericardium (the sac around the heart)
  • Thoracocentesis–a procedure in which air or fluid is removed from the chest cavity for diagnostic or treatment purposes
  • 24-hour ICU monitoring/hospitalization
  • Blood work, including profiles, complete blood counts, partial coagulation panels, blood gas analysis, and cross matching, the testing performed to determine the compatibility of donated blood
  • Digital radiographs
  • Emergency endoscopy for foreign body retrieval
  • Emergency fluoroscopy (live-action X-ray images), primarily for myelograms (X-ray examinations of the spinal cord)
  • Emergency surgical procedures

THE VETERINARY MEDICAL CENTER’S INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IS FULLY STAFFED AND EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE CRITICAL CARE AROUND THE CLOCK.

 


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