Free flowchart template · Veterinary
An emergency triage flowchart shows a veterinary clinic's team what to do when an animal arrives as an emergency. It covers alerting the nurse straight away, a quick triage of breathing, circulation and consciousness, rating it critical, urgent or stable, the vet's exam and treatment, the owner's consent and estimate, and admitting the animal.
Updated November 2026 · Opens in Wikidoc as a process map · Free to use, don’t resell
The template opens as a process map, laid out with its lanes, steps and decisions, ready to edit.
Rename the lanes to your team’s roles, change the questions to match your rules, and add or remove steps.
Attach your SOPs and checklists to the steps, so whoever does the work can open the instructions from the map.
This works on the Free plan: up to 10 process maps from templates, free forever.
For veterinary:How Wikidoc works for veterinary clinicsCompliance-heavy businessesMulti-location businesses
Procedure
1Check the patient and the owner
2Get consent and an estimate
3Identify the patient
SOP
Consent, ID and belongings in, clear instructions and follow-up out.
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Patients
Check each patient’s ID tag matches its kennel card and hospital sheet
Take and record each patient’s observations as the sheet says
Give treatments and medications on time and sign the sheet
Checklist
Patients, treatments, kennels and handover in the ward every day.
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Log
Vital signs every five minutes from induction to recovery.
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In-patients
Read the overnight notes, or the handover from the after-hours clinic
Check every in-patient and record its observations
Give due medications, fluids and feeds, as the treatment sheets say
Checklist
In-patients, equipment, fridges and drugs at open and close.
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Before the first shiftFirst shiftFirst week
Check their registration or qualification, as the role requires
Collect the contract, payroll details and emergency contacts
Set up their logins for the practice software and lab systems
Onboarding checklist
Handling, safety, anaesthesia and drugs for new vet nurses.
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First dayFirst weekFirst month
Tour the clinic and show the exits, first aid kit and fire equipment
Set up their login to the practice management system
Introduce the vets, nurses and their usual days
Onboarding checklist
Bookings, emergency calls, payments and care for grieving owners.
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A quick check of an emergency patient on arrival, such as breathing, circulation and alertness, to decide how fast it must be seen and who sees it first.
Many clinics' policies allow treatment to save life or relieve suffering while the owner is told. Check your veterinary board's rules and write your policy into the map.
Usually a trained vet nurse, so the vets can keep treating. Reception's job is to alert them at once, not to judge how sick the animal is.
Yes. Clinics can open it in Wikidoc and edit it at no cost; the Free plan includes 10 process maps from templates.
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