24/7 Emergency and Critical Care in Waltham

The Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) service at the MSPCA-Angell West (Waltham, MA) is available at any hour of the day, 365 days a year, for clients whose pets need immediate medical care for life-threatening trauma or disease. Referring veterinarians may alert staff to an incoming case by calling 781-902-8400.

Services

• Dedicated critical care team of senior staff doctors, interns and nurses
• Drug infusions
• Emergency blood transfusions and blood products to treat trauma or immune disease
• Repeated blood transfusions to manage chronically ill patients
• Oxygen administration
• Management of severe pancreatitis
• Management of diabetic ketoacidosis
• Management of sepsis
• Management of poly-trauma
• Management of open abdomen
• Use of enteral and parenteral nutrition techniques
• Point-of-care, 24 hour monitoring capabilities include:
  • Direct and indirect arterial blood pressure
  • Coagulation parameters
  • Blood chemistries and blood gases
  • Lactate
  • Co-oximetry when acetominophen or carbon monoxide poisonings are suspected.
  • Blood osmolality
  • Colloid oncotic pressure to customize fluid therapies and medication based on patient needs
  • Temperature monitoring
  • Pulse oximetry
  • Capnography
  • Blood pressure monitoring
  • Electrocardiography (ECG/EKG)
• Consultations with specialists throughout the hospital
• Daily cage-side rounds for repeated case re-evaluation