Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, AERC resides within the Veterinary Specialty Center (VSC), a 24-hour small animal specialty hospital fully equipped with endoscopy, bronchoscopy, digital radiology, multiple surgical suites with ventilators, ultrasound, and CT scan. We maintain state-of-the-art veterinary equipment and laboratory, with blood chemistry, full differential CBC, coagulation profile, blood gas analyzers, and Sedivue urinalysis machine, sevoflurane anesthesia, telemetry and patient monitors (ECG, temperature, capnography, pulse oximetry, oscillometric, and direct arterial blood pressure), and therapeutic laser. Our caseload is diverse with the emergency department seeing over 10,000 cases annually. AERC's emergency doctors practice progressive medicine, with ready access to VSC's board certified veterinary specialists.