{"id":9608,"date":"2018-10-11T11:47:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=9608"},"modified":"2018-10-11T11:47:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:47:48","slug":"mercedes-bariatric-ambulances-arrive-for-duty-at-aetna-and-asm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/mercedes-bariatric-ambulances-arrive-for-duty-at-aetna-and-asm\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Bariatric Ambulances Arrive for Duty at Aetna and ASM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bariatric-New.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bariatric-New.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bariatric-New.jpg 752w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bariatric-New-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bariatric-New-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a>HARTFORD and MANCHESTER, Connecticut \u2014 Recently Aetna Ambulance Service and the Ambulance Service of Manchester took delivery of two new bariatric\u00a0<strong>Mercedes Sprinter Ambulances<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aev.com\/\">American Emergency Vehicles (AEV)<\/a> increasing the overall bariatric fleet to four vehicles. The new ambulances have an upgraded design with a longer wheel base and larger load capacity. ASM and Aetna firmly believe that the ergonomic advancements will improve both patient care and comfort. As with our previous bariatric ambulances, each new unit is equipped with Stryker Power-LOAD stretcher lift systems capable of lifting a maximum patient weight of 700 pounds. Fitting our bariatric vehicles with the Power-LOAD stretcher lift system is part of Aetna and ASM\u2019s long-term commitment to the safety of our patients and employees.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bariatric-New-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bariatric-New-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bariatric-New-2.jpg 752w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bariatric-New-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bariatric-New-2-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><\/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 and MANCHESTER, Connecticut \u2014 Recently Aetna Ambulance Service and the Ambulance Service of Manchester took delivery of two new bariatric\u00a0Mercedes Sprinter Ambulances\u00a0from\u00a0American Emergency Vehicles (AEV) increasing the overall bariatric fleet to four vehicles. The new ambulances have an upgraded &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/mercedes-bariatric-ambulances-arrive-for-duty-at-aetna-and-asm\/\">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":[7,1,54,56],"tags":[13,357,12,161,49,376],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9608"}],"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=9608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9611,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9608\/revisions\/9611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}