Veterinary Emergency Care

Veterinary Emergency Care

Are you looking for emergency vets? 

Before going or calling a veterinary emergency hospital, let's learn to recognize when a pet should be brought to the hospital for an emergency. 

• Immediately
  If your pet has any of these symptoms, bring it in IMMEDIATELY, it needs vets emergency care.
  
  

  Symptom:	With:
  Inability to breathe	Noisy respiration, blue tongue, gasping for breath
  Bleeding that won't stop	From any part of the body - apply pressure and come now!
  Inability to urinate or appears constipated	But continues to try
  Inability to deliver puppies or kittens	Keeps trying or has stopped trying
  Pain	Severe. Continuous with no relief
  Vomiting, diarrhea	Continuous or with the appearance of blood
  Loss of balance or consciousness	Includes tremors, coma, staggering, blindness, fainting
  Itching	Continuous scratching, biting, self-mutilation
  Penetrating wounds	Any place, but especially chest or abdomen
  Poisoning	Bring the container or commercial name and chemical name
  Injury	Continuous pain and/or total lameness
  Hit by car
  Bloat
  Any other sign that looks serious!



• Today
  If your pet has any of these symptoms, bring it in TODAY, call us and bring your pet, our vets will visit it as soon as possible.
  
  

  Symptom:	With:
  Difficult breathing	With or without cough. Eats and drinks. Not frantic
  Vomiting/diarrhea	Without blood; no pain; no unusual contents
  Sudden Lameness	No apparent cause
  Swallowed object	Even if you THINK pet swallowed it.
  Severe itching	With possible self-mutilation
  Strange odor	Usually disagreeable, from any part of the body
  Burns	Heat, chemicals. Go immediately if extensive
  Injuries	Not severe emergency but will worsen with delay - lacerations



• Safe to Wait Overnight
  If your pet has any of these symptoms, it is safe to wait OVERNIGHT.
  
  

  Symptom:	With:
  Vomiting/diarrhea	No blood, no foreign material, no pain, not continuous
  Itching	Mild to moderate; no skin damage; not continuous, no bleeding
  Lameness	Little or no pain; no discomfort in walking; not continuous
  Thirst/urination	Excessive drinking and/or elimination of urine with no blood, no pain, no straining or discomfort, or bloody appearance to the urine
  Loss of appetite	Skipped one main meal, but no other signs of illness
  Most skin problems



• After Hours Services
  The following night services are available for after-hour emergencies. We know the veterinarians of these hospitals, and we are happy to recommend them to you for an emergency. Close to us, they are the best.
  
  

  • Veterinary Emergency Referral Group
    196 4th Avenue
    Brooklyn, NY 11217
    Tel: 718.522.9400
  • Garden State Veterinary Specialists
    One Pine Street
    Tinton Falls, NJ 07753
    Tel: 732.922.0011
  • Greater Staten Island Veterinary Services
    3135 Victory Blvd
    Staten Island, NY 10314
    Tel: 917.830.1380