CYPRESS CREEK EMS

'Cypress Creek EMS' is an emergency medical service provider in Northwest Harris County in Houston, Texas. CCEMS is one of the most reliable EMS services in Houston, having a response time under seven minutes.^[1] All ambulances in use by CCEMS are MICU or Mobile Intensive Care Units, with at least one Paramedic, making all ambulances ALS units. CCEMS has a service area of approximately 250 square miles and has eight stations, an administration, and education center.^[2]

Contents

History

Education

Stations

External links

References

History

In 1975, a tragic event occurred in which a man from died from a heart attack without pre-hospital care. Afterwards, The rural FM 1960 Community took the initiative to form a Emergency Medical Service which came to be known as Cypress Creek EMS, named after the large creek that runs through the area.
The community desperately raised funds to establish the service and they soon purchased their first ambulance. At this time, all of the CCEMS staff were volunteers with no reinbursement for their services. To this day, volunteers are a large and integral part of the staff and they range from non-medical drivers to emergency medical technicians.
The service relied heavily on donations and fund-raisers as it did not receive government funding. Third-Party billing was initiated in 1993 and allowed Cypress Creek EMS to bill insured patients to help with reimbursement. CCEMS is affiliated with the Emergency Services District 11 and is now funded with area tax dollars.^[3]
The main fleet today comprises of 15 MICU Type III ambulances, five supervisor vehicles, a utility vehicle and a mobile communications command vehicle.
The first responder program allows qualified members to respond to calls in their surrounding area before a medic unit arrives.
CCEMS also has a bike team that performs first response at large events such as parades and festivites. ^[4]

Education

Cypress Creek EMS offers training programs for Emergency Care Attendants, EMT-Basic, and Paramedics. CCEMS offers these programs for free to medical workers such as Nurses, Firefighters, and CCEMS Staff.^[5]
Cypress Creek EMS also offers training by the American Heart Association guidelines in:

★ Heartsaver First Aid,

★ Friends and Family CPR,

★ Heartsaver CPR,

★ Healthcare Provider CPR.^[5]
Cypress Creek EMS also has a training program for Tactical Medics, which allows trained emergency medical techinicans to provide support to tactical law enforcement officers.^[5]

Stations

★ Medic 51 - Ponderosa Area

★ Medic 52 - East of I-45 near Splashtown

★ Medic 53 - West of SH-249 near Cypress Creek HS

★ Medic 54 - Hooks Airport

★ Medic 55 - Champions Area

★ Medic 56 - FM 2920 near Spring-Cypress

★ Medic 57 - Bammel N. Houston near Veterans Memorial

★ Medic 581 - Reserve Truck operated by Coastal EMS

★ Medic 582 - Reserve Truck operated by Coastal EMS

★ Medic 591- Huffman, in Atascocita
Medic 521, Medic 522, Medic 523 and Medic 524 are known as "Peak Trucks"; 12-Hour Ambulances that cover the district of regular 24-hour ambulances that are currently responding to a call. There are usually 2-4 peak trucks operating regularly.

External links

★ Official Cypress Creek EMS Website

★ CCATT Tactical Medic Page

References

1. http://www.ccems.com/history/index.html
2. http://www.ccems.com/
3. http://www.ccems.com/history
4. http://www.ccems.com/bike_team/index.html
5. http://www.ccems.com/education
6. http://www.ccems.com/education
7. http://www.ccems.com/education