Texas EMS Magazine, Volume 33, Number 6, November/December 2012 Page: 25
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Local
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Cypress Creek EMS earns national award
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Ruben Gonzales, Jr
Cypress Creek Emergency
Medical Services (CCEMS) was
recently recognized for management
excellence. An independent panel of
judges selected Cypress Creek EMS
as one of the Principal Financial
Group's 10 Best Companies forEmployee
Financial Security
for 2012, for
linking employee
health to employee
long-term
financial security.
The judges
credited CCEMS
for recognizing
the critical tie
between physical
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financial health
and by maximizing a wide range of
benefits designed to keep employees
well.
In October Nick Cecere, Vice
President of Principal Financial
Group, presented the award to Ruben
Gonzales, CCEMS Board president,and to Bradley J. England, CCEMS
Executive Director, at a community-
wide event. This is the eleventh year
for the nationwide award program
that celebrates employers who are
committed to providing for their
employee's financial future and
security. As part of the award, the
Principal Financial Group gave
$2,500 to the charity of CCEMS'
choice: His Grace Foundation, a
Houston organization that provides
physical, emotional and financial
support for patients and families in
the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at
Texas Children's Hospital. During
the event, Patricia Harless, a state
representative in District 126, also
honored CCEMS with a resolution
and the gift of a Texas state flag
flown over the Capitol.HCC Public Safety Institute open house debuts new technologies
The Houston Community College
Northeast Public Safety Institute (PSI)
recently received a donation from the
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
(HLSR) earmarked for the Emergency
Medical Services department for the
purpose of updating their existing
technology. PSI simulation facilities
now include patient simulation
manikins that are capable of replicating
human vital signs and receiving
medication. A control room equipped
with video and computer monitoring
technology allows HCC Northeast
instructors to observe students and
control the manikin. An ambulance
simulation lab features a fully equipped
ambulance and communications
system that will enable students to
practice communicating with other
first responders to coordinate care for
patients. And an apartment simulation
room lets students train for in-home. 4NCE
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emergencies in a life-like setting.
At an open house held in
September, Johnny Sessums, PSI
director; Vickie L. May, Emergency
Medical Services program director;
and John Mayes, Fire Technology
program director, led tours of the
simulation facilities and expressedtheir appreciation to HLSR donors. All
of the public safety programs at HCC
Northeast-police, fire technology and
EMS-share the hands-on training
facilities, including the new EMS
simulators, a firing range, fire-rescue
training tower, six-story burn building,
driving track and water rescue pond.November/December 2012 Texas EMS Magazine 25
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