Veterinary intensive care and emergency services have some overlap, as both deal with seriously ill or injured animals. However, there are some important differences between these two services.  Veterinary emergency services treat pets that are suffering from serious and acute illness or injury that requires intensive and immediate care.  While veterinary intensive care services also deal with severe illness and jury, they do so in cases where animals need 24/7 monitoring, complex treatments and crate rest in a medical environment to aid their recovery.  So, while veterinary emergency services at our clinic may transfer our patients to critical care after initial triage and treatment, not all emergencies will require critical care.  Similarly, in situations in which a pet has undergone major planned surgery, they require critical care to stay stable and begin their recovery without ever having been treated as a veterinary emergency.  24/7 Emergency Services