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| College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital Small Animal Hospital Specialty Care Emergency Medicine and Critical Care About Our Services The Small Animal ICU at Purdue University offers 24 hour care to hospitalized patients. It also serves as a triage point for emergency care. The staff of the ICU practice emergency and critical care nursing skills specifically for small animal patients. We have the capability to offer the following to patients.
We also have the capabilities to run immediate laboratory tests to check blood gases, hematocrit, total protein, electrolytes, blood glucose, and lactic acid. These tests help the clinicians determine the patient’s needs and allow them to know if more intense therapies should be performed. The Small Animal ICU has recently added a critical care ventilator and advanced monitoring to help patients who are unable to breathe on their own. The ICU employs 12 registered veterinary technicians that care for the hospitalized patients offering individual nursing care and intense monitoring. The technicians administer medications, various therapies and pay special attention to patient comfort. About Our Staff Clinicians Anthony Johnson, DVM, DIPLOMATE, ACVECC Elizabeth Thomovsky, DVM, MS, DIPLOMATE AVECC Technicians Shannon Auten, RVT Gabrielle Cooke, RVT Heather Demaree, RVT Jennifer Dwiggins, RVT Kim Han BS, RVT Tami Kearns, RVT Amy Peterson, RVT Wendi Sitara, RVT Samara Varner BS, RVT Carol Zink BS, RVT
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