Emergency & Critical Care Consults
STAT
Real-Time Expert Help for Your Most Critical Cases
Direct Access to Board-Certified Criticalists - When You Need It Most
When you're stabilizing a crashing patient, an unstable case, or a rapidly evolving emergency, you shouldn't have to make decisions alone.
With DVM STAT Emergency & Critical Care, you get on-demand access to board-certified Criticalists who walk you through case triage, stabilization, and advanced decision-making — all in real time.
From fluid resuscitation and ventilation strategies to transfusion plans, coagulopathy management, or step-by-step procedure guidance, our ECC consults are designed to take the pressure off and elevate patient care.
Call or submit a case — and get a consult right away.
Immediate ECC Support - How It Works
Whether it’s 10 AM or 10 PM
Call us or submit a case through your DVM STAT portal
A board-certified Criticalist answers the call - really!
After your phone consult, you’ll receive a comprehensive written report summarizing clinical findings, recommendations, and next steps
This service is designed for real-time case management — not just consults, but collaboration.
What Types of Cases Do We Help With?
Our Emergency & Critical Care service isn’t just for trauma or emergencies — our Criticalists regularly help with:
Sick or unstable internal medicine patients
Perioperative monitoring and complication management
Infectious, inflammatory, or immune-mediated diseases
Transfusion decisions and coagulation disorders
Respiratory distress or oxygenation support
Neurologic emergencies (e.g., seizures, coma, paralysis)
Electrolyte abnormalities, shock states, and more
If you’re unsure what to do next — call us. We’re here to help.
Need Help With a Procedure? We’re Hands-On (Even Remotely)
Our Criticalists can talk you through emergency procedures in real time - and yes, we’ve even guided them via video.
Urinary catheterization in blocked or unstable patients
Thoracocentesis, abdominocentesis, or pericardiocentesis
Central line placement and fluid resuscitation protocols
Transfusion product selection and dosing
Oxygen therapy methods and ventilator strategy
Two Ways to Initiate an Emergency & Critical Care Consult
Submit First. Save Time. Get More Out of Your Consult.
Preferred Method: Upload key records before the phone consult so the Criticalist can review the full picture in real time.
Include:
Case history and clinical progression
Current medications and treatments
Lab results and ECGs
Monitoring data (BP, SpO₂, temperature trends)
Imaging: POCUS, radiographs, echocardiogram
Medical records — even if incomplete
✔️ Why submit first?
Your Criticalist has all the information upfront, so the conversation is more efficient and in-depth.
Most consults are completed in 20–30 minutes with fewer follow-up needs.
Call-In. Criticalist Answers.
Call directly to speak with a Criticalist & verbally relay:
Case name, signalment, hospital info
Case history, recent clinical changes
Lab work, ECGs, monitoring data
Relevant imaging findings
You’ll email supporting documents after the call for review and report completion.
Let’s Make the Right Call — Together
Bottom Line:
Both methods work — but submitting first saves time, sharpens the consult, and lets us get right to what matters most: your patient.
“DVM STAT Consulting has been such a valuable addition to our practice! As a multi specialty and 24hr ER hospital, we often get complex and critical cases coming in all hours of the day. To have a friendly Criticalist be only a phone call away, even in the dead of night, is invaluable…”
— Jessica, Medical Director
What to Expect from an ECC Report
Not Just a Call — A Complete Written Report
Ready to Get Started?
You're already doing everything you can for your patient. Let us help with the rest. Our board-certified Criticalists are here to guide you - STAT.