April 21, 2021
A dog receives an ultrasound inside the Intensive Care Unit at WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital. On average, the hospital sees 10-12 emergency cases daily, or about 4,000 to 5,000 per year.
By Josh Babcock, College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital is now the only veterinary teaching facility in the west and one of just a handful in the country to be certified as a Level I facility by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS).
According to the VECCS, a Level I emergency and critical care facility provides small animal emergency care to patients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and always has a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care employed full time and available for consultation on-site or by phone.