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)
Large Animal Hospital,
Lewis Small Animal Hospital

Make an appointment

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

News

Jessica Byrne and Lauren Ienello each hold an award standing together in front of a maroon background.

Wishing them well

Residents and interns wrapping up their time at CVM are honored for their contributions at annual House Officer Completion Ceremony

Luna and Aaron Milgrom cuddle

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. 

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