Emergency and Critical Care

The University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center provides emergency medical services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Hospital(s)

Lewis Small Animal Hospital,

Large Animal Hospital

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Phone number

612-626-8387

Hours

24 hours a day / 7 days a week

Emergency Services is for emergencies only. Emergencies are defined as a medical incident or condition which, if not treated immediately, would result in long-lasting morbidity or mortality.

Please call before referring patients.

Address

1365 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

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Services

24-hour emergency service
Supportive care and initial diagnostics for emergency patients
Critical care monitoring
Chest tube placement
Tracheostomy tube placement
Pericardiocentesis
Thoracocentesis
24-hour ICU monitoring/hospitalization
Bloodwork including profile, CBC, partial coagulation panels, blood gas analysis, and cross matching
Radiographs
Emergency endoscopy for foreign body retrieval
Emergency advanced imaging procedures (fluoroscopy, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging)
Emergency surgical procedures

Special equipment

Ventilator
Capnography
O2 cages
ECG/Blood pressure monitoring
Fuji Sonosite

Team

Faculty

Residents

News

Twin souls

Within three years, vets diagnosed Luna the German pointer with two types of cancer and a heart condition. She pushed through it all to comfort her owner during his own cancer fight.