Laura Kippen

DVM

Emergency Veterinarian

Emergency Care

Refer a patient

Dr. Kippen earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Calgary. She then completed a combined rotating small animal internship between the Calgary Animal Referral and Emergency (CARE) Centre and University of Calgary. Following completion of her internship, she then worked as an emergency veterinarian for several more years at both the CARE Centre and Capital City Animal Hospital in Edmonton before moving to Sacramento, California. After four years in California she moved back home to Canada and decided to move to Victoria because of her love of the outdoors, but especially all things related to the ocean.

When she is not working Dr. Kippen loves to bake, garden, exercise, travel, scuba dive, and of course, spend a lot of time with her cats and dog.

Emergency Care

Emergencies happen. When they do, our highly trained emergency veterinary healthcare team is dedicated to helping you and your companion any time of the day. No appointment is necessary. Whenever possible, our veterinarians work in consultation with your primary care veterinarian.

Triage/waiting:

We do everything possible to ensure that every patient receives timely access to veterinary care. Like human emergency rooms, we operate on a triage system – this means that more seriously ill or injured patients are seen before less seriously ill or injured patients. During high-volume times patients with minor ailments and injuries can experience longer wait times.

What happens “in the back”?

At times, potentially seriously injured or ill patients may be taken straight into our hospital’s triage room or treatment areas based on our triage system. These patients will be assess by a doctor immediately and receive life-saving treatment such as fluids and oxygen and/or pain medication when appropriate.

For Immediate Emergency Service Please Call 250.475.2495