Emergency/Critical Care

- Hit by car
- Snake bite/ tick/ insect bite
- Extensive wounds
- Whelping (caesarians)
- Urination problems (blocked cats/ dogs)
- Foreign body obstruction (oesophageal, intestinal etc)
- Toxicity
- Blood transfusions (dogs and cats)
- Seizures
- Heat stroke
- Gastroenteritis
- Pancreatitis
- Renal failure (IV fluid and intensive care) 
- Pneumothorax/ pleural effusion
- Placement of chest drains, oesophageal tubes, central venous catheters, tracheostomy
- Peritoneal dialysis.

REFERRING VETERINARIANS

Services at CVE

- Critical care procedures such as oesophageal tube, nasal gastric tube, gastric     feeding tube, abdominal drains, chest drains, central venous lines
- Medicine work up
- CSF tap
- In house blood test including full blood test, blood gas, lactate
- Diagnostic imaging including digital X rays, contrast X rays, ultrasound, doppler     ultrasound
- Endoscopy and interventional endoscopy
- Monitoring equipment including pulse oximeter, ECG, blood pressure
- Tonometry.