Who can come to PVE?
- ‘Walk in’ emergencies – no appointment necessary. Patients are seen in order of arrival or urgency of condition
- Referral of emergency and critical cases from surrounding veterinary practices for diagnostics and treatments (including medical, surgical and critical care services)
- Overnight monitoring of patients from surrounding veterinarians
- Inpatients from the Perth Veterinary Specialist centre
PVE offers the following services:
- Critical care monitoring including ECG, direct and indirect blood pressure monitoring, central venous pressure, capnography, pulse oximetry, urine output monitoring and intra-abdominal pressure monitoring
- Emergency surgery such as gastric dilation and torsion, haemabdomen, gastrointestinal accidents, trauma management, reproductive emergencies
- Multimodal analgesia such as opioid, lignocaine and ketamine constant rate infusions (CRI) as well as epidural catheterisation
- Laboratory suite including full biochemistry, haematology, electrolytes, blood gases, microscopy and coagulation tests
- Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation (CPCR) with ability to perform open chest CPCR and cardioversion
- Enteral nutrition techniques including naso-oesophageal feeding, oesophageal tubes, gastrostomy tubes
- Snake envenomation management including antiserum and ventilation if required
- Indwelling urinary catheterisation and monitoring (closed collection)
- Blood and plasma transfusions (feline, canine)
- Tracheostomy tube placement and management
- Thoracostomy tubes and continuous suction
- Continuous oxygen supplementation
- Serum albumin transfusion
- Cystotomy tube placement
- Intravenous fluid therapy
- Total parenteral nutrition
- Toxicity management
- Peritoneal dialysis
- Pericardiocentesis
- Ventilation
