Cypress Creek EMS: Setting the Precedence on Managing Excited Delirium Patients

Spring, TX, April 22, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Excited Delirium & Excited Delirium Syndrom class was presented by Jerry Staton, owner of ARTT (Affordable Realistic Tactical Training) and co-presented by Wren Nealy, Director of Special Operations for Cypress Creek EMS. This class was not just for law enforcement and was specifically designed, and targeted for all responders and stakeholders who deal with these events and patients. Police, EMS, Fire, ER staff, ER Physicians, medical examiners and prosecutors were invited to learn how to improve survivability for the patient, minimize risk and liability to all first responders, as well as discussing new therapies and protocols for Excited Delirium.

Excited Delirium is a very controversial subject, however, according to Dr. Vartanian, CCEMS Medical Director, “it is not a phenomenon, it’s a true illness”. “Our focus is not to ask what it is, but to recognize symptoms and treat them”. Dr. Vartanian also says how CCEMS wants to “lead the way” in responding to Excited Delirium cases. Not only is CCEMS educating their staff and adopting new protocols to treat patients with symptoms of Excited Delirium, they are rallying the troops and all possible stakeholders to work together as a team.

Jerry Staton, course presenter, with 25 years of law enforcement, and an In-Custody death Specialist, talks passionately about why he added this class to his repertoire. He says, “Managing Excited Delirium is an important class for all involved parties because this problem is going to continue and cannot be addressed properly without recognizing an ED event early, understanding of how to handle the problem, and getting cooperation among the first responders and advanced medical facilities. We must work on this issue together”. Jerry Staton further concludes, “if we keep doing what we have always done, we will continue to get the results we have always gotten and that means far too many deaths and far too many lives put on hold or careers ended from doing what we have been trained to do”.

For more information on classes available at CCEMS visit www.ccems.com. Cypress Creek EMS is a non-profit, volunteer-based 9-1-1 ambulance service covering 250 square miles of North/Northwest Harris County and responds to approximately 30,000 calls annually, serving over 500,000 people.

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