Animal Emergency Clinic of Deerfield Beach

Address: 103 North Powerline Road

Post: 33442

State: Florida

County: Broward

City: Deerfield Beach

Phone: (954)428-9888

Site: aec-d.com

Rating: 3.4

Category:

Veterinarians

Animal hospital

Emergency veterinarian service

Veterinary pharmacy

Review:

This place treated me and my girlfriend phenomenally and our new kitten better.
The first thing the nurse ( who has no people skills) says is broken jaw.
In the morning, I brought my dog to her regular vet.

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Animal Emergency Clinic of Deerfield Beach in Deerfield Beach, FL with 3 Vets: AAHA-accredited, Board Certified doctors & hospital provide the finest care for your pet.

To provide excellent emergency and critical care to your pets at competitive prices with the best patient care.

Mission:

Provide emergency and critical care to pets, at competitive prices with the best patient care.
Support veterinarians in emergencies during overnights, weekends and holidays.
Introduce technological advances in the field of veterinary medicine to the veterinary community.

Facility:
Animal Emergency Clinic of Deerfield Beach is a fully automated facility. Our paperless software allows us to concentrate in what is important, our patients’ proper treatment and follow ups. Recently our facility was upgraded to withstand Hurricane force winds. We have the capacity to provide continuous services even through power outages. Our 48KW standby generator allow us to operate without interruptions up to 6 days without refueling.

Accreditation:
Animal Emergency Clinic of Deerfield Beach is proud to be an accredited member of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA). Our accreditation demonstrates our commitment to the highest standards of veterinary care. AAHA regularly inspect our hospital, including emergency services, surgery, pharmacy, laboratory, exam facilities, pet health records, cleanliness, diagnostic imaging, and anesthesiology. Approximately 15% of animal hospitals in North America are accredited by AAHA.

Services

Emergency Care:
Our medical and technical staff has more than 36 years in combined experience handling emergency
animal care.

Treatment:
From simple to complex, our staff is trained to handle all situations destined to treat our patients in an effective and accurate way.

Surgery:
If surgery becomes necessary, our doctors and technicians are prepared to act fast and accurately, analyzing all the options before proceeding, providing the referring vets and the patients owners with precise information that would allow them to make the best decision for the patient.

Lab Work:
Lab analysis are available in-house, allowing us to review the patient condition thoroughly. Our state of the art lab provides the necessary information to our doctors in order to analyze our patients fast and accurately, in just a few minutes.

Intensive Care:
Intensive Care capabilities provide critically ill patients monitoring, thermal support and oxygen therapy as well as dynamic treatment protocols for optimum patient control and accurate treatment.

Diagnostic Imaging:

Ultrasound:
Color Doppler and Power Doppler ultrasound is available for immediate imaging acquisition.

X-ray:
X-ray system is a bench mark for diagnostic imaging technology, capable to perform studies to the most demanding patients, providing excellent images.

Pharmacy:
As an Emergency Clinic, our pharmacy is fully stock and ready to serve the needs of our patients immediately.

First Aid

Basic Supplies:
Gauze pads, gauze roll/ bandages, roll of cloth, thermometer, tweezers, hydrogen peroxide, antibiotic ointment, Q-tips, instant cold pack, rags/ rubber tubing for tourniquet, muzzle, First Aid book.

Handling an Injured Animal:
Any animal injured or in pain can bite or scratch you. Even the friendliest of pets must be handled with care for the safety of all involved. If you are accidentally bitten or scratched, seek medical attention. Both dog and cat bites can become infected quickly!

Vital Statistics:

Normal resting rates:

Cats: 150-200 bpm
Small dogs: 90-120 bpm
Medium dogs: 70-110 bpm
Large dogs: 60-90 bpm

Pulse should be strong, regular and easy to locate.

Checking the pulse:
The easiest place to locate a pulse is the femoral artery in the groin area. Place your fingers on the inside of the hind leg and slide your hand upward until the back of your fingers touches the abdomen. Gently move your fingers back and forth on the inside of the hind leg until you feel the pulsing blood. Count the number of pulses in 15 seconds and multiply that number by 4. This will give you the beats per minute (bpm).

Temperature:
Normal temperature for dogs and cats: 100-102.5 degrees.
Thermometer should be almost clean when removed.
Abnormalities are indicated by blood, diarrhea, or black, tarry stool.

Basic First Aid Procedures:
All of the following situations require you to immediately transfer the pet to Animal Emergency Clinic of Deerfield Beach:

1. Fractures

Muzzle animal.
Gently lay animal on a board, wooden door, tarp, etc. padded with blankets.
Secure animal to the support.
Do not attempt to set the fracture.
If a limb is broken, wrap the leg in cotton padding, then wrap with a magazine, rolled newspaper, towel or two sticks. Splint should extend one joint above the fracture and one joint below. Secure with tape. Make sure wrap does not constrict blood flow.
If the spine, ribs, hip, etc. appears injured or broken, gently place the animal on the stretcher and immobilize it if possible.

2. Bleeding (external)

Muzzle animal.
Press thick gauze pad over wound. Hold firmly until clotting occurs.
If bleeding is severe, apply a tourniquet between the wound and the heart.
Loosen tourniquet for 20 seconds every 15-20 minutes.
A tourniquet is dangerous and should only be used in life-threatening hemorrhaging of a limb. It may result in amputation or disability of the limb.

3. Bleeding (internal)

Symptoms: bleeding from nose, mouth, rectum; coughing blood; blood in urine; pale gums; collapse; rapid or weak pulse.
Keep animal as warm and quiet as possible.

4. Burns
Chemical

Muzzle animal.
Flush immediately with large quantities of cold water.

Severe

Muzzle animal.
Quickly apply ice water compresses.
Treat for shock if necessary.

5. Shock

Symptoms: weak pulse, shallow breathing, nervousness, dazed appearance.
Often accompanies severe injury or extreme fright.
Keep animal restrained, quiet, and warm.
If unconscious, keep head level with rest of body.

Restraint Methods:
If your animal is injured, you must restrain him/her for your safety as well as your pet's. Muzzle your pet to restrain it unless it is unconscious, has difficulty breathing, or has a mouth injury.

Dogs--Muzzles:

Speak and move calmly and quietly.

Have someone restrain the dog with a leash.

Approach dog from the side and behind its head; do not attempt to put muzzle on from the front.

Quickly slip a nylon or wire cage muzzle over nose, secure snugly behind ears.

If a muzzle is not available, you can make one from a strip of gauze, rag, necktie, belt or rope about 3 feet long.

Make a large loop in the center. Quickly slip loop over dog's nose.

Bring ends under chin. Tie snugly behind ears.

Cats--Muzzles:

Speak and move calmly and quietly.
Have someone restrain the cat by holding the scruff of its neck firmly. This does not hurt the cat; it just prevents him/her from moving.
Working from behind the cat, quickly slip a nylon muzzle over the cat's face. The muzzle will cover most of his/her face, including the eyes. Secure snugly behind head.
If you are alone, scruff the cat with one hand and put the muzzle over the cat's face with the other. Slide both hands along muzzle straps and secure behind the head.
If a muzzle is not available, one can be made with a rag or a strip of gauze. Make sure that it is carefully placed around the cat's mouth and securely fastened, as cats can escape from these temporary muzzles.

Cats--Body Restraint :

Most cats can be restrained by holding the scruff of the neck.

The "Cat Sack" can be used for fractious or very frightened cats. Slip sack over cat from tail to head, zip up appropriate zippers.

Wrap cat in a towel, making, sure his/her front legs are covered and against the body.

Gloves are not recommended for handling cats. They reduce the handler's dexterity and can easily be penetrated by a cat's teeth.

List Of Veterinarians working in Animal EmergencyClinic of Deerfield Beach in Deerfield Beach, FL:

Dr. Michael Elpert
Dr. Lillian Felz
Dr. Abed

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E.M. The staff here are angels in disguise. They helped my baby and have options that allow flexible paying like care credit. I cannot thank them enough for putting my cat first before anything. They are seriously the best team of veterinary staff I’ve ever met. Not only is the level of professionalism utterly amazing, the compassion and empathy is on another level. my cat who is a shy and nervous ball of anxiety LOVES the staff! And that’s a big plus, he feels sort of comfortable and happy despite his situation. They are also very transparent when it comes to billing and it’s refreshing to see. If I could give this place a million stars I would I cannot thank them enough for all they have done for my cat and my family.

A.C. Absolute angels and lifesaver! They saved my dogs life.. I had a very sick dog that has been suffering from pancreatitis for a while now, and kept having really bad flareups. (so I thought). I have been going to the vet soo many times these last few months. Every time I would take her they would give her meds and send us home. However she would get sick again within a week or two. She seemed to be making her worse.. I arrived at the animal emergency center, and they greeted us was such kindness and compassion. As I was visibly shaken since I had seen her lose almost what looked like 1/3rd of her body in blood.. They were the only ones that were able to finally find the problem that for months, nobody was able to.. Mind you I took my dog to 4 different vets. They were all treating her for pancreatitis, but turns out that was not what was going on with her.. After running tests on her.. Turns out she had a bad infection and (Enteritis) inflammation of the small intestine.. After I showed them the meds she was taking. they also explained that some of the medication that the previous vets had prescribed/given her. Were actually very harmful for her, and were known to cause severe stomach and internal bleeding. ! So all those times I had been getting medicines from the other vets I was actually damaging her even more. ! They were able to give her the right treatment and bring her back to life in a sense.. She was hospitalized for a few days but was given back to me a brand new dog. Her abdominal swelling was gone and she was Happy playful and no longer sleeping day and night. Most importantly with no signs of pain.. They truly saved my dogs life, because had she kept going back to get treated with those meds and for something that wasn’t even the problem. She would have never healed her infection and she could’ve died.. They truly were able to identify the problem and took care of it.. I definitely would highly recommend this place, very knowledgeable doctors and the whole staff just wonderful.. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Thank you guys, everyone at the animal emergency room. Gracias.

J.R. If you're experiencing a true emergency and can afford to spare no expense, this place is a good option. I've taken my dog there twice and she's received great care. They're open after hours and were able to get her in right away (most recently for a true emergency when time was of the essence), but the care is VERY expensive. If you've got no other option and need emergency care, they will certainly get the job done. Just be prepared to pay the price!

M.H. This clinic was amazing for my baby boy cat Bamba. Although I could not afford the treatment plan they advised, The doctor was very understanding and thorough to explain what my next steps should be and even recommended me where else I should take him. The doctor cares about animals and their owners and wants nothing but the best for them. Thank you!

M.D. This is a top notch facility. The staff is amazing. Oscar was the gentleman that helped me and my 12 year old rescued English Fox Hound. He understood the how much my dog means to me and my family, he went so far as to give me his cell phone number so I could check on my very sick girl?. He sent me pictures to calm my fears. Great care and compassion, THANK YOU.

M.W. My cat Tarot was throwing up for a few days and I was panicking because he's never done that before. The doctors here ran all the tests to ensure that my baby was just fine. The technician Dee was really great she kept me calm while we waited for results and even told me how sweet he was even though I know he's a monster at the vet. There's no where else I'd take my baby in an emergency.

N.A. Best animal hospital ever! They saved my yorkie’s life from pancreatitis! Very friendly staff, professional and helpful during such troublesome times. Clean, fast, great communication, and very understanding! Also quite affordable! We almost lost our yorkie due to not only her illness but financial hardship as well, being a young couple with a 4 month old son and a 2year old sick yorkie in today’s economic environment/pandemic is really tough. Rudolpho, the front desk personnel, was able to find an organization that could help with the burden costs of treatments to help save our yorkie and make things a bit more affordable! If it wasn’t for his endurance and compassion and the organization’s generosity, we might have lost the opportunity to see our son grow old with our yorkie (who is our first baby before our actual baby! ). I will bring any sick animal and highly recommend this emergency animal hospital to anyone and everyone I know, they truly are angels in disguise whom are devoted to not only caring for your furrbabies but also caring to their distressed owners as well. Most centers in the animal healthcare industry can be quite the opposite which can make treatment and costs to help save your furrbaby almost impossible. Glad to say this animal hospital, is without a doubt, 10 star service! Highly recommend! To the staff of this animal hospital, NeyaWeya the Yorkie and her family THANK YOU tremendously for saving her! ***Please see below for adorable yorkie pics overload! **.