{"id":5003,"date":"2013-10-21T14:20:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T14:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=5003"},"modified":"2013-10-21T14:20:32","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T14:20:32","slug":"comfort-safety-space-features-added-to-bariatric-ambulance-stretchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/comfort-safety-space-features-added-to-bariatric-ambulance-stretchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort, Safety, Space Features Added to Bariatric Ambulance Stretchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5005\" alt=\"1363718992_IMG_8412\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1363718992_IMG_8412-300x111.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1363718992_IMG_8412-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1363718992_IMG_8412-500x185.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1363718992_IMG_8412.jpg 708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>MANCHESTER and HARTFORD &#8212; The specialty bariatric stretchers operated by Aetna and ASM have now been equipped with <a href=\"http:\/\/ems.stryker.com\/products\/cot-accessories\/xps\">Stryker&#8217;s Expandable Patient Surface (or XPS) system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The XPS System consists of a new wider mattress and new side rails that fold out instead of down. The side rails are not intended to support the patient primary body weight. Instead they are intended to enhance patient comfort.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ems.stryker.com\/products\/cot-accessories\/xps\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5006\" alt=\"XPS_Large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/XPS_Large-300x217.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/XPS_Large-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/XPS_Large-414x300.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/XPS_Large.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>According to the Stryker website<\/a>, &#8220;XPS is adjustable with seven locking\u00a0positions and includes a wider mattress that reduces transfer gap\u00a0and designed with patient comfort in mind. This solution helps\u00a0address growing obesity trends and supports a variety of patients\u00a0and environments.&#8221;<\/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>MANCHESTER and HARTFORD &#8212; The specialty bariatric stretchers operated by Aetna and ASM have now been equipped with Stryker&#8217;s Expandable Patient Surface (or XPS) system. The XPS System consists of a new wider mattress and new side rails that fold &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/comfort-safety-space-features-added-to-bariatric-ambulance-stretchers\/\">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":[55,54,56,46],"tags":[357,404,376],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003"}],"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=5003"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5009,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003\/revisions\/5009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}