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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am confused about what op thinks veterinary hospitals operating at capacity are supposed to do when she shows up. Throw another emergency out the door and treat her dog?[/quote]
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Right. Is triage unreasonable?[/quote]

1. Animals can't talk so triage is much harder.

2. They do triage as much as possible.

3. They were at capacity. So who would do this triage?

4. You do know that a concept in triage is to just let some go that can't be saved, right?[/quote]
It can also be a regional area triage with a cooperative real time data system, as mentioned  above. Experienced techs can do that,  as RNs do this in hospitals.  And yes, for  many things, it is pretty  clear how serious  the emergency is, and,  of  course,  for some, not as apparent. But it's a start.

What I've learned from this thread is that there is a crisis that wasn't really happening before in terms  of service, but some of the  endemic and specific issues have been building up, with a pandemic illuminating and exacerbating the problems. The vets are correct about a lot of things, of course,  but the owner who is scared and expecting care from  local ER providers  as usual  while not realizing  what's happening really doesn't need to be raked over the coals as an entitled suburban Karen who doesn't even deserve a dog. If the veterinary community really believed that of people in her position,  they  wouldn't be also offering specialty services such a dog water PT, laser work  for skin, ophthalmology or especially oncology.  We interact entirely  differently with  our pets than  even 20 years ago, and  that is how the veterinary field grew to what it is today.  It's like developments built with no infrastructure changes,  like  roads and schools. We are all Tricky- Woo's owner now, admittedly.* We don't realize  there is a problem  until it's a crisis. Over the years, we've had a few crises, and I was very frightened, which I guess is why they are called Emergency centers.

That is not to say that the vets need some understanding, our (client) realization of the situation, and  compassion, not to  mention kudos  for hard work in a pandemic when the spotlight is in other places. More should be written about it, social  media platforms associated with centers need to get the info out, pay needs to be increased, and yes, it's time to work with technology to help streamline emergency situations within a region. [/quote]

** Tricky Woo is the very pampered pet in the James Herriott memoirs. [/quote]

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