Emergency & Critical Care Consults

STAT

Rapid Support When Every Minute Counts

Immediate Access to Board-Certified Veterinary Criticalists

In the ER or with an unstable patient, decisions must be made quickly and confidently. At DVM STAT, our Emergency & Critical Care service connects you directly with board-certified Criticalists who can guide you through even the most complex medical emergencies in real time.

Whether you're managing a crashing patient, a difficult post-op, or a challenging case with multisystem involvement, DVM STAT ECC consults provide fast, actionable, expert support.

Immediate ECC Support - How It Works

Whether it’s 10 AM or 10 PM

  • Call us or submit a case through your DVM STAT portal

  • A board-certified Criticalist answers the call - really!

  • After your phone consult, you’ll receive a comprehensive written report summarizing clinical findings, recommendations, and next steps

This service is designed for real-time case management — not just consults, but collaboration.

What Types of Cases Do We Help With?

Our Emergency & Critical Care service isn’t just for trauma or emergencies — our Criticalists regularly help with:

  • Sick or unstable internal medicine patients

  • Perioperative monitoring and complication management

  • Infectious, inflammatory, or immune-mediated diseases

  • Transfusion decisions and coagulation disorders

  • Respiratory distress or oxygenation support

  • Neurologic emergencies (e.g., seizures, coma, paralysis)

  • Electrolyte abnormalities, shock states, and more

If you’re unsure what to do next — call us. We’re here to help.

Need Help With a Procedure? We’re Hands-On (Even Remotely)

Our Criticalists can talk you through emergency procedures in real time - and yes, we’ve even guided them via video.

  • Urinary catheterization in blocked or unstable patients

  • Thoracocentesis, abdominocentesis, or pericardiocentesis

  • Central line placement and fluid resuscitation protocols

  • Transfusion product selection and dosing

  • Oxygen therapy methods and ventilator strategy

Two Ways to Initiate an Emergency & Critical Care Consult

Submit First. Save Time. Get More Out of Your Consult.

Preferred Method: Submit Your Case Online First
Upload key records before the phone consult so the Criticalist can review the full picture in real time.

Include:

  • Case history and clinical progression

  • Current medications and treatments

  • Lab results and ECGs

  • Monitoring data (BP, SpO₂, temperature trends)

  • Imaging: POCUS, radiographs, echocardiogram

  • Medical records — even if incomplete

✔️ Why submit first?
Your Criticalist has all the information upfront, so the conversation is more efficient and in-depth.
Most consults are completed in 20–30 minutes with fewer follow-up needs.

Call-In. Criticalist Answers.

Call directly to speak with a Criticalist & verbally relay:

  • Case name, signalment, hospital info

  • Case history, recent clinical changes

  • Lab work, ECGs, monitoring data

  • Relevant imaging findings

You’ll email supporting documents after the call for review and report completion.

Let’s Make the Right Call — Together

Bottom Line:
Both methods work — but submitting first saves time, sharpens the consult, and lets us get right to what matters most: your patient.

“DVM STAT Consulting has been such a valuable addition to our practice! As a multi specialty and 24hr ER hospital, we often get complex and critical cases coming in all hours of the day. To have a friendly Criticalist be only a phone call away, even in the dead of night, is invaluable…”

— Jessica, Medical Director

Ready to Get Started?

You're already doing everything you can for your patient. Let us help with the rest. Our board-certified Criticalists are here to guide you - STAT.