Examples of typical Emergency symptoms:

• Difficulties in Breathing: short or shallow breath, increased effort, gagging, choking 
• Severe Trauma (hit by a car, fell out of a window, severe bite wounds) 
• Decreased responsiveness, unconsciousness, collapse, listless 
• Severe and painful lameness/broken legs 
• Severe vomiting and/or diarrhea with lethargy 
• Refusing food or water for more than 3 days with abdominal pain 
• Recent ingestion of a toxin or foreign body 
• Unproductive retching/vomiting, bloated abdomen 
• Straining and unable to urinate  
• White/pale gums 
• Snakebite with pain and swelling 
• Heat stroke 
• Hypothermia 
• Active seizures, 2 or more seizures in 24 hrs 
• Uncontrollable or serious bleeding 
• Not able to stand/walk 
• Intact female dog with increased thirst, vomiting, and severe lethargy  
• Euthanasia 

Nearby Emergency Hospitals

We recommend calling ahead to confirm hours of operation and service availability:

• MedVet
  2810 Washington Road
  McMurray, PA 15317
  724-717-2273
  Call for hours and availability
  
• PVSEC – North
  807 Camp Horne Road
  Pittsburgh, PA 15237
  412-366-3400
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• PVSEC – South
  2810 Washington Road
  Washington, PA 15301
  724-809-2000
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• Cheat Lake Animal Hospital
  286 Fairchance Road
  Morgantown, WV 26508
  304-594-1124
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• Butler Veterinary Associates and Emergency Room
  1761 North Main Street Ext
  Butler, PA 16001
  724-283-2345
  Call for hours and availability