Emergency
Our ER Department is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Closing Fridays at midnight – Reopening Mondays at 6:00 AM
In 1995, the original Animal Emergency Critical Care opened in Leesburg, Virginia, and has grown to an elite AAHA-accredited referral hospital and full-service emergency room with an ICU for pets. With a team of specialty veterinarians, a dedicated, passionate team of nurses, assistants, and client service representatives, our team is here to help you in an emergency or anytime you have concerns about your pet’s well-being.
For 30 years, we have cared for thousands of pet patients annually. For pets with critical injuries or accidents, or just feeling ill, our team can respond quickly with unmatched experience, skill, and compassionate care. VCA Animal Emergency Critical Care is the emergency team you can trust.
- We are an AAHA accredited referral hospital – and have voluntarily been inspected, meeting 940 different quality standards from patient care to communication. Less than 15% of hospitals nationwide meet their standards of excellence
- Seeing thousands of patients each year as the largest emergency room in the area, we have experience seeing both critical cases and those that quickly need accurate diagnostics and/or supportive care
- Our team of Veterinarians and Veterinary Nurses specialize in responding quickly in life threatening situations and are fully trained in CPR and advanced life saving skills
- Our teams are who primary care veterinarians trust and turn to when they can’t be there for supportive care, after hours, or advanced diagnostics
- We see patient of all ages and conditions – from minor emergencies to complex traumas – if you’re concerned about your pets behavior, or well being, we’re here to help
- We work with your primary care veterinarians readily and collaborate with them – reviewing your records, sharing our recommendations for follow up care and treatments recieved and include them throughout your visit.
- We are passionate about emergency care and spend hours each year in continuing education, training and improving our response
- We provide everything you need to provide to your pet insurance provider and work with Care Credit as a third party financing option
- Our team is comprised of more than just medical specialists, we are pet lovers too. It’s our privilege to care for them when they need us the most.
- Medical Ventilator
- Fully Equipped Isolation Ward
- Full Complement of Transfusion therapies
- Real Time Complete Laboratory
- Ultrasonography (F.A.S.T., physiologic echocardiography, guided centeses)
- Digital Radiography
- Contrast radiographic studies
- EKG monitoring
- Defribillator
- Hyberbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Multi-modal Pain Management
- Blood Product Transfusion therapies with blood typing and cross matching
- Peritoneal Dialysis
The partner practices of The LifeCentre are committed to collaborative, compassionate, and comprehensive care.
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