Emergency & Critical Care
When pets are at their most vulnerable, our Emergency and Critical Care team delivers expert, life-saving treatment with compassion and dedication.
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Why Trust Vets Now Referrals
24/7 support for urgent, intensive care and advice
Scotland’s only provider of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE)
Expertise in trauma, toxin ingestion, sepsis, and respiratory emergencies
Advanced techniques, including high-flow oxygen and mechanical ventilation
Our services
Our ECC team at Vets Now Glasgow provides emergency intervention and intensive monitoring for critically ill pets. With extensive experience and access to advanced treatments, we are equipped to handle a wide range of life-threatening conditions, including trauma, coagulopathies, sepsis, respiratory distress, and gastrointestinal disease.
As Scotland’s only provider of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE), we can offer treatment for immune-mediated and toxin-related diseases that would otherwise be untreatable. Working collaboratively with other hospital departments, our ECC team ensures every patient receives comprehensive, round-the-clock care.
Our prices
Each individual will get their own estimates based on their needs, prices may very based on each case.
*price list correct as of January 2025
Standard ECC Work-Up Package
From £2130
The standard ECC package allows us to quickly stabilise and investigate patients who present as
emergencies or are critically unwell and includes specialist consultation, point of care ultrasound and emergency blood work a well as further imaging with the diagnostic specialist imaging service (abdominal ultrasound and thoracic radiographs).
Advanced ECC Work-Up Package
From £3050
The advanced ECC package includes all that the standard package does but is tailored to actuely critical
patients (for example septic peritonitis, severely anaemic or haemorrhaging dogs and cats) and also includes infectious disease testing, haemostasis assessment, advanced imaging (CT scan) and external laboratory tests.
Meet our ECC team
– Dr. Neus Elias — European Diplomate in Emergency & Critical Care, ECC Specialist
– Dr. Emma Donnelly — European Diplomate in Emergency & Critical Care, ECC Specialist
– Dr. Carla Molina — European Diplomate in Emergency & Critical Care, ECC Specialist
– Dr. Lara Brunori — European Diplomate in Emergency & Critical Care, ECC Specialist
Vets Now FAQs
- What makes ECC different from a regular vet visit?
ECC deals specifically with life-threatening or urgent conditions that require immediate, intensive treatment.
- Is ECC only available through referral?
No, our ECC service is available for both direct emergencies and referrals.
- What is TPE and when is it used?
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange is an advanced procedure that removes harmful substances from the blood and is often used for severe immune-mediated diseases or toxin ingestion.