Level I: for stable patients, those that require administration of oral medications or prescription diets, and stable post-operative patients who can walk on their own.
Level II: for pets that require medical observation and treatment during their stay such as wound care or routine injectable medications. This includes aid in walking, expression of bladder, medicated baths as needed. Partially ambulatory geriatric patients under 45 pounds and stable diabetic patients that require daily insulin injections are in this level.
Level III: for pets that require multiple treatments requiring more than one staff member throughout the course of their stay including blood glucose curves, passive range of motion and other physical therapies, extensive wound management, numerous intense medical therapies. Large breed (>45 lbs) geriatric patients that require more than a single staff member to walk outside and diabetic patients that are not well-controlled are in this level.
Level I: for stable patients, those that require administration of oral medications or prescription diets, and stable post-operative patients who can walk on their own.
Level II: for pets that require medical observation and treatment during their stay such as wound care or routine injectable medications. This includes aid in walking, expression of bladder, medicated baths as needed. Partially ambulatory geriatric patients under 45 pounds and stable diabetic patients that require daily insulin injections are in this level.
Level III: for pets that require multiple treatments requiring more than one staff member throughout the course of their stay including blood glucose curves, passive range of motion and other physical therapies, extensive wound management, numerous intense medical therapies. Large breed (>45 lbs) geriatric patients that require more than a single staff member to walk outside and diabetic patients that are not well-controlled are in this level.