Emergency
Puget Sound Veterinary Specialty and Emergency offers 24/7 emergency services to pets in the Gig Harbor area when your veterinarian is not available to provide time-sensitive and lifesaving procedures.
Having an emergency?
Call Us: (253) 400-5052
Location: 6565 Kimball Drive, Gig Harbor, WA 98335
What to Expect
The emergency veterinary team is readily accessible around the clock, ensuring that your pet receives the vital attention it requires during times of urgency. We are here to assist you if your primary care veterinarian is unavailable or closed. To prioritize cases effectively, we employ a triage system where more critical situations are given precedence over stable ones.
We encounter a wide range of conditions, including but not limited to:
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Lameness
- Skin or ear infections
- Difficulty urinating
- Weakness or fatigue
- Eye emergencies such as squinting, redness, discharge, or trauma
- Respiratory emergencies requiring immediate treatment
- Traumatic injuries such as fractures, bite wounds, burns, lacerations, and motor vehicle accidents
- Metabolic emergencies
- Wound management
- Administration of blood component therapy and monitoring of anticoagulation
- Post-surgical critical care monitoring and support
- Treatment of life-threatening neurologic disorders like loss of balance, seizures, or circling behavior
- Provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Treatment of congestive heart failure
- Continuous cardiac monitoring through electrocardiography (EKG)
- Advanced fluid therapy
- Treatment of toxicities
- Plus many more conditions and services!
Our experienced team is equipped to handle a wide variety of medical situations and will provide comprehensive care to address the needs of your beloved pet.
What does an Emergency Veterinarian do?
Being an emergency veterinarian requires great courage and resilience. The schedules of these dedicated professionals are frequently filled with unpredictable chaos, making every day in the emergency room a unique experience. They possess remarkable composure amidst high-pressure scenarios and demonstrate exceptional adaptability. While pet owners may experience stress and feelings of being overwhelmed in such situations, they can find solace in the compassionate support provided by the emergency department at Puget Sound Veterinary Specialty & Emergency during these challenging times.
Dr. Blair Burggren, DVM
Emergency Veterinarian
Dr. Burggren was born in Canada and raised in the US, mostly in the Pacific Northwest. He completed a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Veterinary Science in 2000, then a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) in 2003, both from Washington State University. He currently holds veterinary licenses in WA, OR, CA, NY and TX. He has worked with companion, farm, exotic animals and wildlife, private, corporate, general, urgent care, emergency, and multi-specialty referral practices, animal rescues, farm animal sanctuaries, and with the Washington State Veterinary Medical Association (WSVMA) as an executive board member. He will be joining our Emergency Department as a part-time relief veterinarian.
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Outside of work, Dr. Burggren enjoys travel, gardening, brewing kombucha, plant-based cooking, virtual reality gaming, towing and camping in his Airstream trailer, and volunteering with animal rescues and farm animal sanctuaries.
Dr. Robin Reese, DVM
Emergency Veterinarian
Dr. Reese was born and raised in Olympia, with many siblings, horses, cows, pigs, many cats and dogs and of course, gerbils, hamsters and guinea pigs. She graduated from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2003, after earning a B.A. in English Literature with an emphasis on Jacobean Drama, and has been practicing strictly emergency medicine for over 16 years.
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She and her 3 children love travel, skiing and hiking. In addition to her young kids, she has 3 dogs, 4 cats and a tortoise.
Dr. Anne-Marie Lewis, DVM
Emergency Veterinarian
Originally from California, Dr. Lewis discovered her passion for veterinary medicine early on, assisting with large animal farm calls at 13 years old. She earned her undergraduate degree in International Relations from Duke University before pursuing her DVM at Ross University. Dr. Lewis has a special interest in soft tissue surgery, wound care, and intensive care. She is deeply committed to helping pets heal from illness and injury, combining strong clinical skills with compassionate, individualized care.
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When she’s not working, Dr. Lewis enjoys spending time outdoors with her family and her two-year-old Labrador Retriever, a proud Career Change dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.