For Referring Veterinarians

Patients with the following conditions are considered an emergency in the SATH. We suggest you call 979.845.2351 and speak with someone to refer any patient meeting these criteria.

• Difficulties breathing or shortness of breath
• Collapse
• White, pale, blue, or purple gums
• Altered mentation
• Actively seizing, seizure longer than two to three minutes, or more than one seizure in 24 hours
• Distended abdomen/belly, bloated appearance
• Retching or unproductive vomiting, bloody vomit
• Burns
• Pain
• Inability to stand or walk
• Straining to urinate
• Attacked by animal
• Wounds
• Bleeding
• Trauma (Hit by car/gator/golf cart/train, stepped on, dropped, fell from balcony/bed)
• Acute fractures (1-3 days old)
• Profuse or bloody diarrhea
• A pregnant animal in active labor with more than 2 hours between puppies or green vaginal discharge
• Acute, traumatic luxation
• Toxicities & Overdoses:
  Clients with concerns about accidental medication administration or potential overdose for their animal should contact the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Hotline at 888.426.4435.
  (NOTE: All established or non-established clients should be encouraged to contact ASPCA, as this will be the Emergency/Critical Care Service’s first recommendation in these cases, and the charge for a client consultation is less than if a hospital consultation.)