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this point and replaced by COO Wren Nealy, Jr. In
September, 2020, Cypress Creek EMS was served with a 360 day notice that their contract was being cancelled by Harris County ESD 11 and subsequently was sued by ESD 11. In September 2021, Cypress Creek EMS ceased providing 911 responses and transitioned to providing interfacility transports including critical care transports for CHI St Luke’s Health System and for other facilities in the greater Houston area. Critical care capabilities included non-invasive high-flow oxygen therapy, advanced mechanical ventilation, IABP and ECMO transports, ultrasound, and invasive pressure monitoring. Cypress Creek EMS also became licensed as an aeromedical EMS provider and conducted fixed-wing transports.
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personnel to respond to emergency calls in their personal vehicles before a medic unit arrived. CCEMS also operated a bicycle medic team that provided first response at large events such as parades, festivals, races, and
Ironman events. The bicycle medic team deployed with an urbane terrain vehicle (UTV) capable of carrying a patient on a stretcher along with trained EMTs and paramedics on bicycles with BLS and ALS treatment equipment. CCEMS also operated a tactical medic team consisting of specially trained paramedics who were also commissioned peace officers and provided medical support for law enforcement tactical teams, including Texas DPS, the FBI, and several local and county law enforcement agencies.
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CCEMS also operated the Basic
Tactical Operations Medical Support Course (BTOMSC), a well regarded intensive training program for EMS professionals supporting civilian law enforcement tactical operations teams. Firefighters, Police Officers and Medics come from all over the world to attend the twice
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February 2019, news broke of publicly funded employees repairing non-fleet vehicles using facilities and equipment intended to service ambulances. Following this, Harris County ESD 11 commissioned several audits and investigations into CCEMS. The CEO, Bradley England, was forced into retirement at
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By 2020, CCEMS was responding to 45,000 – 50,000 calls a year and operated a fleet of twenty-two MICU Type I ambulances with two supervisors in SUVs. CCEMS also provided medical oversight for first responder fire departments and had a volunteer community first responder program allowing qualified EMS
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The service relied heavily on donations and fundraisers 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 was previously affiliated with Emergency Services District 11 and about
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CCEMS medics were instantly recognizable due to their bright red uniform shirts—a rare uniform color for EMS in the United States. In order to keep an image of professionalism, members wore the uniforms year-round as opposed to other services which may permit their members to wear shorts or polo
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November 2021, Cypress Creek EMS declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy and laid off more than 50% of staff, and on May 31, 2022, Cypress Creek EMS ceased all medical operations and entered into liquidation as part of a settlement agreement with Harris County ESD 11. In late 2022, remaining assets,
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units. Cypress Creek EMS provided 911 service in North Harris County, provided bicycle medic teams for special events, provided tactical EMS support for federal, state, and local law enforcement, and operated an accredited educational institution.
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for members of the public, and CPR, ACLS, and ACLS-EP training for medical professionals. CCEMS also taught continuing education courses, including classes sponsored by the
National Association of EMTs.
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Paramedic Instructor Rob Atripaldi was named the Texas EMS Educator of the Year In 2017, the CCEMS Communications Center was named Texas Telecommunicator of the Year.
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Cypress Creek EMS, named after the large creek that runs through the area. CCEMS was chartered as a non-profit corporation by the state of Texas on July 25, 1975.
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Fastest Door to tPA Time for Stroke Care − 2012, 2013, 2014. 2015, 2016 (Houston Methodist Hospital Willowbrook)
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