The RVVE Library

Acute gastroenteritis causes vomiting, diarrhea, or both in dogs and cats. Many cases are self-limiting, but severe disease can cause dehydration, shock, and electrolyte problems. This guide covers how it develops, how it is diagnosed and treated, and what the outlook looks like.

Cardiac emergencies in dogs include congestive heart failure, low-output heart failure, and clinically significant arrhythmias. This guide covers how they develop, how they are diagnosed and treated, and what the outlook looks like.

A blocked urethra lets waste products and potassium build up in a cat's blood. This guide explains how feline urethral obstruction develops, the signs owners notice, and what treatment and recovery involve.

A frightened client who had traveled far for emergency care took the clinic's open visiting policy literally and had a pillow delivered so she could stay beside her pet all night.

A veterinary student on externship meets a gruff biker with a chronically ill cat and learns what hands-on experience is really worth.

A five-liter fluid bag, an open palm, and a Great Dane's owner who joined in: the small team ritual that reminds an emergency hospital there are still human beings under all the noise.