Animal Emergency
Room Services
Our primary concern at
Animal Emergency Room is the welfare of your pet. We provide the highest
level of veterinary care available.
From Allergic
reactions to Zoonotic diseases, AER can help you with your pet's health
concerns.
Diagnostic
capabilities at AER include and in-house lab for blood work, fecal exam,
coagulation profile, urinalysis, and microscopy. Our X-ray unit is used
for imaging of bones and soft-tissues (including barium contrast series).
Our
facility and staff is prepared to diagnose and treat all urgent medical
conditions of pets including trauma, infectious disease, toxicities,
bite injuries, geriatric and neonatal disorders, vomiting and diarrhea,
and many others. We also perform many emergency surgeries,
including C-section, foreign body removal, laceration repair, ocular
emergency, and others.
Many of
our veterinarians treat exotic species. Since
non-traditional species require special knowledge, we recommend you call
to inquire if the veterinarian on duty can see your pet.
We work directly with all
of the local San Antonio and surrounding veterinarians.
Examination
Any visit to the Animal
Emergency Room begins with a complete Physical Examination. This is the
key to properly assessing the proper care your companion needs. The
physical exam consists of the doctor physically evaluating the condition
of the patient assessing the vital signs, overall attitude, internal
palpation, and cardiac interpretation. After conducting an exam, the
doctor is able to provide recommendations to further treat the specific
needs of your pet.
Laboratory
In the unfortunate event
your pet is injured or becomes ill, our specially designed treatment
area consists of an in-house laboratory equipped with the necessary
equipment to perform complete internal diagnostic evaluations of your
pet. This state of the art equipment helps our doctors diagnose and
monitor the most difficult health problems including, but not limited
to:
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Heart disease
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Liver and Kidney
disease
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Diabeties
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Organ Failure
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Infection
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Dehydration
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Blood gas levels
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Clotting times
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Anemia
These state-of-the-art
instruments greatly enhance internal visibility.
Diagnostics
To compliment our
laboratory and further assist our doctors with internal visibility, we
have expanded our diagnostic capabilities with a number of other
resources. The Animal Emergency Room has the ability to perform both
in-house Radiology and Ultrasonography. As well, we can evaluate our
sickest of patients utilizing equipment to asses a variety of the same
information human emergency rooms calculate including:
These abilities assist our
staff in diagnosing and monitoring the most critical of illnesses and
conditions.
Supportive Therapy
As an Emergency room, a
big part of what we do is intensive care and supportive therapy. Our
highly trained staff utilizes both the Laboratory and Diagnostic
capabilities of the practice to track any changes our patients go
through while in our care. To improve our supportive and ICU care, the
Animal Emergency Room uses a combination of current available
medications, Oxygen therapy, Temperature regulation,
Vital sign monitoring, and Controlled IV Fluid therapy. This allows us
to give the very best care available for the needs of our patients.
Surgery
An important part of
emergency care is the ability to perform surgery when necessary. The
Animal Emergency Room hospital has a fully equipped surgical suite which
allows us to treat both orthopedic and soft tissue conditions. Our
surgical suite is equipped with a full spectrum Vital Signs Monitor and
uses Isoflurane gas anesthesia to greatly reduce the risk of any
procedure.
Blood Products
Just as important as the need for donated human blood is the need for donated animal blood. Our animal companions are susceptible to the same potential trauma and many of the same diseases which require the need for a blood transfusion as part of treatment. Select the Veterinary Transfusion Center tab above to read more about our non-profit blood donation center and decide if your companion can participate in helping to save the animals of San Antonio.
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