The
Facility
Our state-of-the art AAHA
certified facility opened in June of 1998 in Castle Rock, Colorado.
The entire clinic has over 15,000 square feet of working area. Our
lower level is used for boarding dogs, cats, and exotic animals. In
addition, there is a conference room, staff exercise area, and rooms for
grooming and bathing dogs. The upper level is the hospital area
which is used for medical, dental and surgical procedures. We have a
large waiting area with a built in floor scale. There are five
standard exam rooms and one large "special" exam room which can
be used during after-hours emergencies. Other space consists of a
pharmacy, medical library, doctors' offices, a large treatment room,
laboratory, surgical suite, intensive care unit, radiology, ultrasound, and
wards for hospitalized animals.
Our staff
currently consists of eight veterinarians, multiple certified veterinary
technicians, a nutritional consultant, and many other support staff such as office and kennel
staff. In addition, we have groomers and bathers in our boarding
department. We also work closely with a boarded radiologist who
performs echocardiograms, abdominal ultrasounds, and radiology reviews at
least weekly.
Below you will find pictures and
explanations of our facility and our services offered:
Waiting Area:
Our waiting area contains
educational literature, a TV and VCR (with movies for children), and a
computer with an educational program to learn about dogs and picking the
right one for your family.
Exam Rooms:
We have six exam rooms for routine
appointments and consultations. Each room has a sink, computer
network, X-ray viewer, exam table, and seating area. The
lower picture is our specialty exam room which can be used for more
extensive patient evaluation including the use of an ultrasound machine,
video otoscope, and an ECG machine.
This specialty room is also used for after hours emergencies.
Intensive Care Unit
Our intensive care unit has six
cages for cats and dogs. The room has central oxygen for our
critical patients. We also have a circulating warm water blanket and
three intravenous fluid pumps at our disposal. If needed, monitoring
equipment such as an ECG can be attached to our patients. There is a
video camera above the cages so the patients are never out of our watchful
eyes.
Surgical Prep:
Surgery:
Dr. Roberts in Surgery:
Our surgery suite consists of two
surgery tables with room to expand for a third. We are capable of
almost all elective surgical procedures as well as most soft-tissue and
orthopedic surgery. Our patient monitoring equipment includes
an ECG, pulse oximetry, esophageal stethoscope, blood pressure monitor, and a veterinary
technician who carefully monitors anesthesia. We use isoflourane gas
anesthetic as well as a Sevoflurane ( a new state of the art gas
anesthetic also used in human pediatric anesthesia) on almost all surgical patients. We also have surgical
cautery and suction if needed. All animals in surgery are placed on
a warm water blanket to maintain their proper body temperature.
Treatment Area:
On the left is an overview of our
entire treatment room. This room is used for routine patient
examinations, dentistries, minor surgical procedures, and flexible
endoscopy. On the right is a close-up of our two incubators, oxygen
cage, and emergency crash cart. We also have a dental X-ray machine
for aiding in some of our dental procedures.
Laboratory:
In our laboratory, we can perform
complete blood counts, biochemical profiles, fecal examinations,
urinalysis, cytologic examinations, and various other tests. If a
specialty test is required that we cannot perform in house, we send the
sample to an outside lab (the lab picks up samples from us twice a day)
and usually have the results in less than a day.
Radiology and Ultrasound:
We have a separate room for both
our X-ray machine and our ultrasound unit. After processing the
X-ray film, it arrives at our X-ray viewing area (seen directly above) for
our evaluation. From left to right on the X-ray bank are pictures of
two hips, and two abdomens (different views), all of dogs.
Hospital Wards:
Our hospital contains five wards
similar to the one pictured above including one large set of runs for
larger dogs, and an isolation room for animals that may have contagious
diseases. We hospitalize our cats separately from the dogs in order
to minimize animal stress.
Boarding Facilities:
Our boarding facilities (located
on our lower level) consist of two large rooms of dog runs (one is
pictured at the above left) and one room full of kitty condos (above
right). Our dog runs are various sizes to accomodate all different
sizes of dogs. We can also accommodate exotic animals such as birds
and reptiles.
Well, that is the end of the
tour....We hope you enjoyed the pictures of our new facility. If you
have any questions or comments, please feel free to E-mail
us.
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