South Carolina Veterinary Emergency Care

About South Carolina Veterinary Emergency Care

South Carolina Veterinary Emergency Care was created to provide high quality after-hours critical care for your pet. We are supported by a staff with special interest and experience in treating animals with emergency health concerns. Our staff includes 5 full-time veterinarians and 19 support personnel including licensed veterinary nurses, veterinary – more... assistants, and receptionists.

When you come to SCVEC your pet will be given a full physical exam by one of our veterinarians. Once the veterinarian has examined your pet and assessed the situation, they will discuss with you the diagnostics to help treat your pet's emergency health problem. Please listen carefully as they explain these options, they will be detailed, and their costs explained to you. Be prepared that tests and other diagnostics can take time to achieve results, and some can indeed be costly. An estimate will be given to you for your approval of the recommended treatments. Once you have a complete understanding of the veterinarian's recommendations, you will be better able to make the decisions that best benefits your pet.

Your vet will perform necessary diagnostics in order to help him best treat your pet, and discuss the findings with you. They may suggest additional diagnostics, which could require your pet to remain overnight in the hospital for observation and treatment. Please note that SCVEC does not accept any personal items such as toys, blankets, etc. due to the fact they may get spoiled or lost and not returned to you.

HOW LONG WILL I HAVE TO WAIT? The number of patients that we see can vary from minute to minute. In most cases, patients are seen on a first come first serve basis. HOWEVER, THE MOST CRITICAL PATIENTS ARE SEEN AND TREATED FIRST. This may result in an extended wait time for non-critical patients. If this happens to you, we hope that you will be understanding. If your pet was in critical condition, you would be given the same consideration. Please be patient, we will do our best to treat your animal as soon as possible.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR MY ANIMAL TO BE TREATED? Every patient is given a full physical exam. Most patients that are seen have some sort of diagnostics run. This is a time consuming process, the nurses have to gather samples and run the diagnostics> The doctor has to interpret the results as well as discuss the findings with each client. It may also take some clients more time than others to decide on what treatments they would like performed. We strive to take the best possible care of our patients. We will do our best to perform all diagnostics as quickly as possible.

HOW MUCH WILL MY PET'S CARE COST? The cost of treating your pet can vary greatly depending on the severity of your pet's illness or injury. Our doctors will attempt to present you with the most accurate estimate possible. Payment can be made with cash, check, or credit card. Please keep in mind that a patient's condition can change quite suddenly and unexpectedly, requiring the doctor to perform diagnostics and/or treatments without having the chance to advise you of any changes in the estimate. Therefore, be sure we have a way of contacting you. – lessMore from ZoomInfo »

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