“Our emergency transport service allows your critical but stable pet to be safely transported back to your regular veterinarian after care at our facility, or from your veterinarian to Valley Central for overnight or specialty care. A custom conversion from use in human medicine our ambulance allows for the safe transport of your pet while maintaining necessary health treatments along the way. This unit is fully equipped with stainless steel kennels, a therapy oxygen cage, climate control, computerized IV fluid therapy pumps and a full array of emergency equipment and drugs.”
I saw this pet ambulance up close and personal this past Saturday at an event in New Tripoli. It
was the “Responsible Pet Ownership Day” at the Country Doctor Vet Hospital. (Thanks to Linda G. for informing me of this event!)
When my husband and I arrived at this event, the ambulance is what caught my wondering eyes as I peered over to the parking lot of the hospital. How could I miss it?
First State Greyhound Rescue was there. It’s always great to see the dedicated members
of this group and their dogs! Greyhounds are wonderful dogs. These people
save their lives from certain death when their racing careers are over or they
simply don’t run fast enough to qualify to race. I won’t even get into the methods
used to destroy them. There were other wonderful rescue groups as well. Anyone
who rescues animals and rehomes them-well, you do such a fantastic job!
What was also interesting to see was the Country Doctor Vet Hospital’s rehabilitation
center. They use treadmills, big balls (see picture) – just like you would see in a regular rehab
center. But, they also have an underwater treadmill. I’ve never see one up close and
personal. It’s astonishing what modern medicine can do to help our animals to live
longer and healthier lives.
But I have to admit I was truly intrigued by that pet ambulance. I talked with the ladies who brought it to this event. They explained that it was a regular ambulance that has been transformed to help pets. Currently, it is used to transport animals from veterinarians to animal hospitals or animal hospitals to larger animal hospitals such as the University of Penn Animal Hosptal which I have visited. That hospital is so much like a regular hospital with an ER. We truly have come so far to help our pets. Because of liability issues, this pet ambulance is limited to the transports I have mentioned.
Perhaps, one day, we will be able to call for an ambulance for our pets. I guess the only thing I wonder is the cost. For me to take an ambulance to the Reading Hospital from my home costs approximately $800.00. And that ride is only a 20 minute ride. Thank God for insurance.
Would you pay to have your pet transported by a pet ambulance?