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Two women carry an elderly golden retriever into a vet’s office.

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SPEAKER 1: Hi, this is Lily. We just called. She’s having a hard time breathing.

SPEAKER 2: Let’s get you guys into the back.

SPEAKER 3: All right, come with me, OK. Dr. Butler, we have a respiratory distress case.

SPEAKER 4: Hi, I’m Dr. Butler. Who’s this?

SPEAKER 1: Hi, this is Alicia’s [INAUDIBLE]

DAVID BESSLER: VEG is the world’s Veterinary Emergency Company.

ASHLEY GRAY: VEG is revolutionizing the emergency game.

RICHARD ROSARIO: They’re just always re-inventing things.

DAVID GLATTSTEIN: Doing something different. Doing something no one else is doing.

MONICA STERK: All right, sign me up.

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People wear Veterinary Emergency Group t-shirts, which are black with white capital letters and the VEG logo, a black star of life with a paw print in the center. Some people wear VEG fleece. Text, David Glattstein, VEG President and Co-Founder.

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DAVID GLATTSTEIN: The first thing we did to try to think about innovating the veterinary emergency world was focusing on our VEGgies.

ASHLEY GRAY: The support they’re providing for doctors, for nurses, for all of the support staff is second to none.

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Vets examine pets. Text, Dr. Ashley Gray, Medical Director. She plays with her baby. A red arrow points to her baby with the text, future VEGgie.

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We can have that good balance of I can be a working mom and do emergency.

MONICA STERK: VEG allows me to be the best veterinarian I can be, the best mom I can be, the best leader.

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Dr. Monica Sterk, Regional Medical Director. She sits on a blanket in a yard with a small golden dog who wears a red t-shirt.

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LAUREN BENSON: They allow us to find our passions within emergency medicine itself.

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Dr. Lauryn Benson, Medical Director. The next speaker is Dr. Mariah Williams, Emergency Doctor.

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We have continuing education.

MARIAH WILLIAMS: That’s big, unlimited continuing education. Because that’s our profession. Things change every day.

DAVID BESSLER: What I’m proudest of is that, reliably, we can bring almost anybody into our company and they will find their why.

MICHAEL HYDER: Whether it’s a position that they’re inventing for you, or you say, hey, I think this is something that our company really needs. And they say, that’s a great idea. Let’s go with it.

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The previous speaker was Dr. David Bessler, Founder and C E O. This speaker was Michael Hyder, Emergency Doctor.

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DAVID BESSLER: I get a chance to speak to students. I shake them, wake them up. And I’m like, you’re about to become a veterinarian. It’s the best career. And you’re going to become an emergency vet, which is the best way to practice veterinary medicine.

MICHAEL HYDER: In my case, VEG talked about their program and said, we want to be the superheroes of ER medicine. Well, you’ve got my vote. Let’s figure it out.

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Vets work on an animal.

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SPEAKER 4: Heart rate’s about 90.

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Vets take blood and look at X-rays.

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What time are we with our station?

SPEAKER 5: 12 minutes.

DAVID BESSLER: Each VEG hospital is built from the ground up, focused only on emergency. Everything in our company is bent towards making it that way.

MONICA STERK: All we do is emergency, and all of our doctors are emergency doctors. And that’s exactly what we’re there for.

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Text, Richard Rosario, Emergency Nurse.

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RICHARD ROSARIO: Emergency medicine is tough, right? We’re not seeing cute little puppies all day.

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Dr. Jonathan Grindley, Medical Director.

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JONATHAN GRINDLEY: It is difficult. But it is also really rewarding.

LAUREN BENSON: People who have that bug for emergency, it doesn’t leave you. And if you love it, you truly love it.

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Vets examine a dog and talk to the owner.

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DAVID GLATTSTEIN: Emergency is our middle name. It’s all we do, so we do it best.

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Logo, Veterinary Emergency Group. A red vertical rectangle with white Star of Life a with a black paw print in the center, and the word VEG at the bottom. Next to the rectangle is the text “Veterinary Emergency Group” stacked in three lines.