Sudden illness intake that flags seizures and breathing distress first
Every sudden illness enquiry captures which symptoms are present, how long ago they started, and whether the pet can stand or walk, plus a short video or photo of what the owner is seeing at home. Cases showing breathing distress, seizures, or collapse get flagged and sent to your CRM before staff decide between an emergency slot and a next-day check-up.
The exact intake your sudden illness leads complete
This is the real 7-question guided intake for Sudden Illness — the same flow your customers finish before you ever pick up the phone.
What a qualified sudden illness lead should tell you
Intake for pets showing sudden, unexplained illness symptoms such as vomiting, lethargy, breathing trouble, or seizure activity, used to triage severity and urgency before a clinic visit is scheduled.
- Symptoms Pet Showing
- Long Ago Did These
- Pet Unable Stand Or
- Animal Affected
- Have Transportation Available Bring
- Pet'S Owner Or Legal
- Pet Have Any Known
The questions your team needs answered
Every sudden illness intake asks these — and why each one matters.
| Question | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| What symptoms is your pet currently showing? | Seizure or collapse and difficulty breathing carry the highest weights in this list, so their presence alone can push a case into high-priority territory. |
| How long ago did these symptoms start? | Onset timing gives staff context on whether a high-weight symptom is a fresh emergency or an ongoing issue that's already been managed at home. |
| Is your pet currently unable to stand or walk? | An inability to stand or walk is one of the strongest individual signals of a critical case and is weighted accordingly. |
| What type of animal is affected? | Segments the lead so you can route, price, and prioritize it correctly. |
| Do you have transportation available to bring your pet to a clinic now? | Whether the owner can bring the pet in now determines if the case needs scheduling support or an alternative plan, separate from how severe the symptoms are. |
| Are you the pet's owner or legal caregiver? | Confirming the caller is the pet's owner or legal caregiver matters for consent before any treatment decision moves forward. |
| Does your pet have any known chronic health conditions? | Existing chronic conditions give staff clinical context for a case that might otherwise score in the middle of the range. |
How Cliont scores sudden illness leads
Every answer is weighted automatically — no manual review required.
Value signals
- Vomiting or diarrhea
- Difficulty breathing
- Lethargy or weakness
- Loss of appetite
- Seizure or collapse
- Swelling or visible pain
See the lead your team receives
Sudden Illness Lead
From first click to qualified lead
Follow patients and caregivers through one smooth, guided flow.
They land & meet you
Your video greeting plays instantly — a real face instead of a blank form.
They explain the visit
Smart questions adapt to their visit and capture the full scope.
They share details
Symptoms, history, and documents come attached before the visit.
You get a ready lead
Scored and qualified — waiting for you to win it.
Built for sudden illness workflows
| Cliont capability | Sudden Illness application |
|---|---|
| Weighted multi-select scoring | Seizure or collapse and difficulty breathing carry the top symptom weights, so any case reporting either is automatically ranked above cases with only loss of appetite or lethargy. |
| Photo and video capture widget | Owners can submit a short clip of a seizure episode or labored breathing directly through the intake, giving staff visual context before they return the call. |
| Free-text context surfaced with the score | The chronic condition answer is displayed next to the numeric score, so a mid-range case involving a pet with a known condition doesn't get deprioritized purely on symptom weight. |
| Transportation and caregiver flags | Cases where transportation isn't available or the caller isn't the owner are marked distinctly, so staff know a slot can't simply be booked without addressing that first. |
Common sudden illness lead scenarios
Seizure or collapse in progress
The symptom list flags seizure or collapse alongside an inability to stand, pushing the case toward the top of the queue regardless of how long the episode has lasted.
Breathing distress, symptoms just started
Difficulty breathing carries one of the highest symptom weights, and when paired with an onset of under an hour the intake surfaces the case as time-sensitive before the owner even reaches the front desk.
Vomiting and lethargy over a day
Symptoms like vomiting or diarrhea and lethargy score lower than breathing or seizure cases, and a longer onset window (more than a day) helps staff sort this into a same-day rather than immediate slot.
Owner has no way to get in
When the transportation question comes back no, the case still needs review, but staff can see immediately that guidance or an alternative arrangement is needed before an appointment can happen.
Connect Cliont to your workflow
Send leads
HubSpot, HighLevel, Salesforce, JobNimbus
Book visits
Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Calendly
Notify your team
Email, SMS, Slack
Automate follow-up
Zapier, Webhooks, API
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- Unlimited intake forms
- Custom video greetings
- AI-powered voice bot
- English + Spanish support
- Automatic lead scoring
- Digital estimates & e-signatures
- Photo, video & file upload
- Advanced analytics dashboard
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- Custom video greetings
- AI-powered voice bot
- English + Spanish support
- Automatic lead scoring
- Digital estimates & e-signatures
- Photo, video & file upload
- Charged only for submitted leads
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Sudden Illness lead-intake FAQs
How does the intake tell a real emergency apart from a mild off day?
The symptom question is multi-select and weighted, so combinations like seizure or collapse and difficulty breathing push the score well above a case with only loss of appetite, letting staff prioritize by severity rather than by who called first.
What if the owner selects several symptoms at once?
Weights from each selected symptom in the multi-choice list combine, so a pet with both vomiting and lethargy scores higher than either symptom alone, reflecting that overlapping symptoms often mean a more serious presentation.
How is this different from your poisoning or injury intake?
Sudden illness intake is built for unexplained symptoms without a known cause; if an owner mentions ingestion or a specific trauma, they're better routed through the poisoning concern or injury-or-trauma intake instead, since those catalogs ask different follow-up questions.
Does the form check whether the owner can actually get the pet in?
Yes, the intake asks whether transportation is available now, so a high-severity case with no way to reach the clinic is visible to staff as needing a different response than simply booking a slot.
What happens if the caller isn't the pet's owner?
The intake asks whether the person filling it out is the owner or legal caregiver, which matters for treatment consent and follow-up before staff proceed with scheduling.
What do you do with the chronic condition information?
The chronic health condition field is free text and isn't scored numerically, but it's shown alongside the symptom score so staff triaging a mid-priority case, like an older pet with a known heart condition, have that context before deciding on urgency.
Turn sudden illness visitors into qualified patients
Give every sudden illness visitor a guided intake instead of a dead contact form — and get a scored, qualified lead before you book front-desk time.