Pet Emergency & Referral Center
Veterinary Critical Care
Pet Emergency & Referral Center provides intensive care, extended monitoring, and specialized healthcare services to pets of Palm Beach, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If you believe your pet may need critical care, or if you have any questions, you can reach us at (561) 691-9999.
Here are some of the critical care services we offer:
Multiple types of blood transfusions
Intralipid therapy for certain, life-threatening toxicities
Extensive monitoring capabilities including continuous EKG, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring, pulse oximetry
24/7 access to in-house lab testing and imaging including blood gas, coagulation, CBC/Chemistry, x-rays, ultrasound, and CT scan
Vasopressor therapy
Multimodal analgesia
Polytrauma management
Emergency airway management
Parenteral nutrition and feeding tubes
Continuous body cavity drainage
Septic shock
Extensive post-operative care
Metabolic disease
Illnesses requiring 24-hour monitoring
Your pet may require extended critical care services in the following situations:
Unresponsiveness
Respiratory distress
Broken bones and other trauma
Heart failure
Severe wounds
Bites or stings from a snake or insect
Animal bites
Diabetic crisis
Seizures
Anaphylactic shock
Heatstroke
Our Board-Certified Criticalist
Amy Trow DVM, DACVECC
Our Criticalist works closely with our Emergency team and other Specialty services to ensure every patient receives a thorough, collaborative approach to diagnostics and care.
