Veterinary Critical Care & Emergency Medicine

Expert Critical Care. Every Day of the Week.

When your pet is critically ill, having access to a veterinary criticalist can make all the difference.

Beginning October 2026, Evolution Veterinary Specialists will offer dedicated board-certified critical care coverage 7 days a week, providing advanced expertise and continuity of care for the most complex and unstable pets.

Whether your pet requires intensive monitoring, advanced intervention, or management of multiple simultaneous medical problems, our Critical Care team works alongside your primary veterinarian and our specialty services to deliver comprehensive, coordinated care.

Advanced critical care expertise. 7 days a week. When your pet needs it most.

Critical Care Expertise, Every Day

Our criticalists work closely with Emergency, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology, and other specialty teams to develop individualized treatment plans for pets with complex or life-threatening disease.

Our Critical Care Team Can Help Manage:

♦Sepsis and septic shock
♦Respiratory emergencies and respiratory failure
♦Cardiovascular instability
♦Acute kidney injury
♦Severe gastrointestinal disease
♦Pancreatitis and systemic complications
♦Toxicities and intoxications
♦Endocrine emergencies
♦Neurologic emergencies
♦Multi-organ dysfunction
♦Severe trauma
♦Post-operative complications
♦Hemorrhage and coagulopathies
♦Complex fluid and electrolyte abnormalities
♦Critically ill surgical patients
♦Pets requiring intensive monitoring and supportive care

When Every Hour Matters

Critical illness can change rapidly.

Our team provides advanced monitoring, rapid reassessment, and aggressive supportive care designed to identify changes early and respond quickly.

Depending on the pet's needs, critical care may include:

Advanced Monitoring

Continuous assessment of cardiovascular, respiratory, neurologic, renal, and metabolic status.

Hemodynamic Support

Management of hypotension, shock, perfusion abnormalities, and complex fluid requirements.

Respiratory Support

Management of pets experiencing respiratory compromise, including advanced oxygen supplementation and and high flow oxygen therapy when indicated.

Transfusion Medicine

Evaluation and management of pets requiring blood products and treatment of significant blood loss or coagulopathies. Our facility proudly offers an in house blood bank.

Nutritional Support

Individualized nutritional plans for pets unable to meet their metabolic needs independently.

Multimodal Pain Management

Comprehensive pain assessment and individualized analgesic strategies for critically ill and post-operative pets.

Coordinated Specialty Care

Close collaboration with EVS specialty services to address the underlying disease process while simultaneously supporting the pet's critical physiologic needs.

A Team-Based Approach to Critical Illness

The sickest pets often need more than one specialist.

At Evolution Veterinary Specialists, our Critical Care team works within a multidisciplinary specialty hospital, allowing pets to benefit from collaboration among specialists when complex cases require it.

Emergency & Critical Care
Rapid stabilization and ongoing management of life-threatening illness.

Internal Medicine
Advanced diagnosis and management of complex systemic disease.

Surgery
Specialized surgical intervention and perioperative management.

Cardiology
Advanced evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular disease and instability.

This collaborative approach allows us to treat the pet as a whole—not simply the individual disease process.

For Referring Veterinarians

When your patient becomes critically ill, you need a specialty team you can trust.

Our Critical Care service is designed to work seamlessly with referring veterinarians, providing advanced care while keeping you informed throughout the patient's hospitalization.

We strive to provide:

♦Prompt communication regarding patient status
♦Clear treatment recommendations
♦Collaboration with the primary care veterinarian
♦Detailed discharge and follow-up recommendations
♦Seamless transition back to the primary care team when appropriate

Your relationship with your client remains important to us.

Evolution Veterinary Specialists provides 24/7 emergency care, with our Emergency and Critical Care teams working together to stabilize patients and determine the appropriate level of care.

For patients requiring hospitalization, our teams provide ongoing monitoring and treatment with access to specialty consultation when needed.

Emergency care is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Your Pet. Our Expertise. One Team.

When a pet is critically ill, you shouldn't have to manage the case alone.

From initial stabilization through recovery, the Evolution Veterinary Specialists team is here to provide the advanced expertise, technology, monitoring, and collaboration that critically ill pets require.