Our latest purchase for the practice is a multi parameter patient monitoring machine. We use this to monitor your pet's vital signs whilst under an anaesthetic and is being put to great use by our nurses. The machine is able to monitor ECG (heart beat trace), oxygen levels, carbon dioxide levels, temperature, pulse rate, heart rate and respiration rate.

Recently we also purchased a Warm Touch patient warming system. We use this to wrap the patient in a special blanket and the machine gently fills the blanket with warm air. This provides a lovely warm environment during anaesthesia and recovery and helps prevent hypothermia.

We are also very proud of our Digital X- Ray Processor. We take x- ray’s of your pet in the normal way using a standard x- ray machine but then instead of using x- ray film and chemicals, as in the past, we can now develop the x ray directly on to a computer screen using the digital technology.

What this means for you and your pet is much better quality x- ray images, giving us a better image of the bones and soft tissues and allowing us to see far more detail than on a standard x-ray film. This makes diagnosis of particular problems quicker and easier.

The best bit is that charges and fee’s for x-rays  remain the same!