{"id":4500,"date":"2013-06-27T12:17:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T12:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=4500"},"modified":"2016-07-12T11:37:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:37:13","slug":"cleared-for-independent-dispatch-aetnas-mitch-karr-completes-precepting-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/cleared-for-independent-dispatch-aetnas-mitch-karr-completes-precepting-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleared for Independent Dispatch: Aetna\u2019s Mitch Karr Completes Precepting Phase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4501\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4501\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4501 \" title=\"Mitch Karr - Aetna Ambulance Service, Inc.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Mitch-Karr-2-300x182.png\" alt=\"Mitch Karr - Aetna Ambulance Service, Inc.\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Mitch-Karr-2-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Mitch-Karr-2.png 466w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R): Hartford Hospital&#8217;s MIke Zacchera and Mitchell Karr<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">HARTFORD \u2013\u00a0As of June 26, 2013, Aetna\u2019s Mitchell Karr has been cleared by Hartford Hospital medical control for independent dispatch as a paramedic to the towns that Aetna serves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The full precepting phase can take ten to 12 weeks or more as the paramedic is prepped for the realities of the field.\u00a0As with all precepting phases at Aetna, Mitch\u2019s final approval came from Hartford Hospital\u2019s Mike Zacchera after shadowing he and his preceptor in the field as they responded to emergency calls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mitch is originally from California but migrated east with family. He began his career in EMS by volunteering for a fire department in his home town. Realizing he was more interested in the patient care aspect of firefighting, he enrolled in Goodwin College&#8217;s Paramedic Program where he graduated in December of 2012. Mitch has said he hopes to make it back to the west coast someday and further his career in healthcare by becoming a mid-level or an MD.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On behalf of the Aetna Family, we would like to wish Mitch the best of luck and say we are very proud to have such skilled professionals on staff.<\/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 \u2013\u00a0As of June 26, 2013, Aetna\u2019s Mitchell Karr has been cleared by Hartford Hospital medical control for independent dispatch as a paramedic to the towns that Aetna serves. The full precepting phase can take ten to 12 weeks or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/cleared-for-independent-dispatch-aetnas-mitch-karr-completes-precepting-phase\/\">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":[7,53,5,6],"tags":[357,224,322,62,245,472,221],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500"}],"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=4500"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7391,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500\/revisions\/7391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}