Hagyard Emergency Response Team

The Hagyard Equine Medical Institute's Emergency Response Team is a group of veterinarians and technicians highly skilled in technical rescue techniques. This dedicated team and its ambulance are available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week for equine emergency situations. Response areas include Fayette, Bourbon, Scott and Woodford counties in the state of Kentucky.The objectives of the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute's Emergency Response Team are as follows:

1.Provide a safe, clean ambulance for transporting critical patients between HDM facilities with:  
a.On-site technicians who can help assist with transportation
b.On-Site Driver

2. Provide the Community with a state-of the-art ambulance for their horses, when needed with:
c.Specially Trained Personnel
d.Specialized Equipment

3. Raise awareness and the level of care for horses in critical situations by providing a well-known, state- of-the-art training program for veterinarians and lay people around the world.
e. GOAL: Have 300 Rescue personnel, veterinarians and technicians trained in Technical Large Animal Rescue by the end of 2009 in Central Kentucky


 For more information about Hagyard Equine Medical Institute's Emergency Response Team or their Large Animal Emergency Response Training, please contact Nicole Tomlinson at 859-685-3709 or ntomlinson@hagyard.com.