Since the blood donor program began, the WSU veterinary hospital’s blood bank has made it possible to perform thousands of transfusions and save the lives of countless dogs and cats.
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As of March 31, the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital is officially certified as a Level I facility by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, making the hospital the only Level I facility in the state.
VECCS is the largest organization that supports emergency and critical care veterinary medicine in the U.S., said Beth Davidow, WSU clinical professor in the hospital’s Emergency and Critical Care department.
There are three certification levels, with Level I being the highest level rating, Sarah Huston, Emergency and Critical Care licensed veterinary technician, wrote in a statement.
Being certified as a Level I facility means the hospital has the capabilities to practice the highest standard of veterinary medicine in an emergency and critical care setting, Huston said.
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.
Folks interested in exploring Local History are always on the lookout for sources of information. Newspapers and books are frequently the resources most often consulted, and in todayâs world many of them are as accessible as your personal computer. However, when conducting research do not overlook the value of a good map. Maps are just like photographs in that they capture very important details such as place names, roads, rivers and streams that existed when the map was drawn. Some maps have an added detail and provide family surnames and even show where they lived. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, several maps of Jefferson County were published, and each provides a precise record of our county and the cultural, natural, and physical details at the time that the map was produced. This series of maps affords the opportunity to see how Jefferson County has changed through timeâwhere roads used to be, how names are spelled, and who lived where. The Jeffers