Emergency and Urgent Care
Emergency and Urgent Care
We’re here when it matters most – Call us first
When your pet suddenly becomes injured or unwell, it is good to know that Malvern Veterinary Hospital is a fully equipped hospital, set up to manage and treat urgent and emergency cases during opening hours.
Pets experiencing sudden illness or injury can be assessed, treated medically or surgically, and monitored at Malvern Vet Hospital.
At Malvern Vet, we routinely see pets for sudden illnesses or injuries such as:
- Vomiting or diarrhoea or choking
- breathing difficulty/abnormality
- Injuries, wounds, swellings, or limping
- Eye or ear problems/injury
- Hit by car / trauma
- Sudden changes in energy or behaviour
- Seizures/ collapse
- Toxin/ chocolate/ foreign object ingestion
- Swollen belly
- Heat stroke
…and many other urgent or emergency concerns.
Why call us first?
Seeing your regular vet for urgent or emergency care means:
- Familiar care: Our team knows your pet personally and has a written record of their medical history, allowing for more informed and tailored treatment decisions using a fully equipped and emergency ready hospital (we are not a Veterinary “Clinic” – we are an ASAVA accredited “Hospital of Excellence”.
- Reduced stress: A familiar environment and Fear Free handling can make urgent visits calmer for pets and owners.
- Rapid diagnostics: On-site blood testing with results in minutes, digital X-rays, ultrasonography, and cytology allow timely and accurate decision-making.
- Active treatment & monitoring: Diagnostic testing, IV fluids, pain management, and continuous veterinarian and nurse care mean treatment or surgery can begin immediately.
- Coordinated ongoing care: Follow-ups, rechecks, and treatment adjustments are easily managed with continuity once your pet goes home.
Our hospital is accredited and fully equipped for urgent and emergency care:
- Dedicated operating theatre with heater operating table
- On-site pathology for both biochemistry, haematology and cytology
- Digital imaging
- Ultrasonography
- Endoscopy
- Critical care equipment – bair hugger machines, suction units, electrocautery, multireader patient monitors , EGCs, Blood pressure monitors, oxygen saturation and CO2 monitoring equipment, heart rate and respiratory monitors, IV fluid infusers, anaesthetic machines, IV infuser, full range of surgical instruments and much more.
- Continuous monitoring by veterinarians and nurses who prioritise pain management
Patients can be assessed, stabilised, and treated promptly in-house and in most cases can go home the same day. If specialist care or overnight intensive monitoring is required, we will arrange referral and ensure your pet’s full medical records are forwarded to the most appropriate facility.
