System and Method for Providing Outpatient Small Animal Veterinary Medical Care

摘要

A system and method for providing small animal veterinary care is provided. The system and method includes providing an enclosed garage adjacent to a veterinary exam room and the garage includes entry and exit garage doors at opposite ends of the garage. A vehicle holding a small animal is received into the garage through the entry garage door. Without going outside the small animal receives veterinary care, such as outpatient veterinary care, which may occur in the adjacent exam room. Following the provision of care, the vehicle exits the garage through the exit garage door. The garage and the veterinary exam room are located under a common roof, such that the small animal is able to be moved from the vehicle directly into the exam room without going outside.

主权项

1. A process for delivering outpatient veterinary care to a small animal, comprising:
receiving a vehicle holding a small animal into a garage bay through a first garage door, the first garage door located at a first end of the garage bay; accessing the small animal at the vehicle within the garage bay for medical treatment; directing the small animal from the vehicle, into the garage bay and through a door into an exam room, the door having a first side facing the garage bay and a second side facing the exam room; providing outpatient veterinary care to the small animal within the exam room; directing the small animal from the exam room through the door, into the garage bay and into the vehicle following the provision of outpatient veterinary care; and opening a second garage door located at a second end of the garage bay and positioned opposite from the first garage door such that the vehicle holding the small animal is allowed to exit the garage bay through the second garage door.