South Carolina Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Care receives certification as Level II veterinary emergency and critical care facility

The Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society recently certified South Carolina Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Care (3924 Fernandina Road) as a Level II veterinary emergency and critical care facility.

The Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS) now offers a certification program to veterinary facilities that provide emergency and critical patient care. The purpose of this certification is to recognize those hospitals that meet and exceed the minimum standards and guidelines published by VECCS. VECCS does this in the hopes of raising the standard of care while also increasing public and professional awareness in the area of veterinary emergency and critical patient care.

This certification program identifies three levels (I through III) based on facility operating hours, equipment and personnel.

The VECCS has identified a Level II facility as such: “The Level II emergency and critical care facility is a 24-hour acute care facility with the medical staff, personnel and training necessary to provide emergent and critical patient care. This facility is open to receive small animal emergency patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.”

In addition to 24-hour emergency care every day of the year, South Carolina Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Care also has 17 specialty and emergency care veterinarians and 16 patient exam rooms. The practice offers cardiology, dermatology, internal medicine and oncology. SCVSEC is only the second veterinary practice in South Carolina to have earned the Level II designation.

South Carolina Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Care

For more information, contact South Carolina Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Care at 803.561.0015 or visit www.scvsec.com and follow SCVSEC on Facebook. South Carolina Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Care is located at 3924 Fernandina Road in Columbia.

About VECCS
The VECCS is an international, professional society of veterinarians, veterinary technicians and managers dedicated to promote the advancement of knowledge and high standards of practice in veterinary emergency medicine and critical patient care.