Medical Care

We want your pet's care to be as stress-free as possible. Patients receive around-the-clock medical supervision during their stay. A veterinarian examines each pet upon arrival and is in the hospital at all times to assess and modify patient care as needed. Registered veterinary technicians and assistants provide experienced and compassionate nursing care for each pet that receives emergency services.

South Peninsula Veterinary Emergency Clinic partners with the board-certified veterinary surgeons at Veterinary Surgical Associates, who are available whenever emergency surgical intervention is required. In addition, we arrange examinations by board-certified veterinary specialists at Sequoia Veterinary Hospital (for internal medicine) and Veterinary Medical Associates.

Pets are never left unattended in our emergency hospital. Pets who are not ready to go home are prepared for transport to your primary veterinary practice or a specialist if needed. Our facility also features a special isolation unit for patients diagnosed with transmissible diseases.

Surgery

Both major and minor surgeries are performed in the hospital. We partner with Veterinary Surgical Associates, whose board-certified surgeons perform surgeries in our dedicated surgery suite.

Anesthesia & Pain Management

Each patient receives an anesthetic risk assessment prior to anesthesia. Monitoring equipment includes ECG, blood pressure monitor, pulse oximeter, capnograph, and respiratory monitor. Body temperature of anesthesized patients are regulated with thermal discs or warm-air blankets as needed. Monitoring and recovery of patients is performed by a licensed registered veterinary technician.

We place a special emphasis on stress and pain management for patients. A pain score is included in every patient assessment and medication is administered appropriate to patient status. Injectable and oral pain medications are used, as well as transdermal patches for long-term pain management. Intravenous constant rate infusions of analgesic drug combinations are used for patients with conditions causing severe pain.

Transfusions

Canine and feline transfusions can be given whenever necessary using whole blood, red blood cells, fresh plasma or plasma concentrate.

Equipment

State-of-the-art equipment includes IV infusion pumps, syringe pumps, nebulizer, O2 therapy cage, ECG, ultrasound, rigid endoscope, blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, capnograph, thermal discs, and warming blankets.