{"id":4132,"date":"2013-04-06T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T00:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=4132"},"modified":"2013-04-05T19:42:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T19:42:01","slug":"aetna-promotes-ashley-harkins-to-field-training-officer-fto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/aetna-promotes-ashley-harkins-to-field-training-officer-fto\/","title":{"rendered":"Aetna Promotes Ashley Harkins to Field Training Officer (FTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4139\" alt=\"Ashley Harkins FTO - Aetna Ambulance Service, Inc.\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Ashley-Harkins-FTO-300x225.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Ashley-Harkins-FTO-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Ashley-Harkins-FTO-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Ashley-Harkins-FTO.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>HARTFORD \u2014 On April 5, 2013 Aetna Ambulance Service promoted Ashley Harkins from within its Paramedic ranks to the post of Field Training Officer: FTOs are utilized primarily to train newly hired employees in the performance of their duties in the provision of emergency care.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ashley was cleared for independent dispatch as a paramedic for Aetna Ambulance on May 4, 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The FTO and new employee spend several shifts together, with an EMT partner who acts as a driver. During this time the new employee learns the ins and outs of the job done the ASM or Aetna way, including clinical skills, operations, radios, facilities, equipment and much more. FTOs are selected for their knowledge of the company, their positive attitude, willingness to teach and dedication to quality. Our companies are fortunate to have a \u201cdeep bench\u201d in this regard.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARTFORD \u2014 On April 5, 2013 Aetna Ambulance Service promoted Ashley Harkins from within its Paramedic ranks to the post of Field Training Officer: FTOs are utilized primarily to train newly hired employees in the performance of their duties in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/aetna-promotes-ashley-harkins-to-field-training-officer-fto\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,53,54,5,6],"tags":[357,266,254],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4132"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4160,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132\/revisions\/4160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}