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.
We work closely with your primary care veterinarian, sharing information, and keeping your veterinarian informed with progress updates along the way. We believe that an open line of communication is essential for the proper treatment of your pet. In acting as an extension of your primary care veterinarians practice, we care for your pet when your primary veterinarian is unavailable (off hours, emergency situations), and when your pet requires care that must be delivered in an advanced, 24/7 state of the art clinical setting. When complicated cases require evaluation by a specialist, we are here for you and your primary care veterinarian to partner in the care of your pet.
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.
Finally, despite all of the advanced diagnostics, patient monitoring, and treatment available, it is the people who make a difference. CARES is a group of exceptional individuals, of great people, and great personalities. The staff has been hand selected over time to meet the needs of your pet, you, and the hospital. We only choose great people, and we know it makes a difference. CARES is a practice of teammates who work closely together to accomplish one goal: to provide the very best care for your pet. We do this by engaging multiple individuals in the care of your pet. Our talented and compassionate nurses are ever-present to tend to your pet and provide continuous care as required. Often numerous emergency clinicians and specialists will participate together in the care of your pet. Hospitalized patients receive the benefit of hospital-wide case rounds presenting the hospitalized patients to all of the clinicians. We area all here to support one another in the support of your pet, and the difference is clear. Your choice is clear: CARES
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- Our brand new newsroom features a streaming pet news channel, hospital press releases, and print, television and radio news pieces featuring CARES.
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- Services
- Care of the critically ill patient
- Complete in-house laboratory services
- Blood product and transfusion therapy
- Endoscopy, rhinoscopy, and cystoscopy
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