MANCHESTER and HARTFORD — Aetna Ambulance and ASM send Patient and Customer Satisfaction Surveys to a random sampling of patients who have received emergency or STAT inter-facility services from our companies.

The final question in the survey asks “Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve our service?” And, “Please use one word to describe us.”

Some of the answers/responses included:

• Professional and courteous.
• Very professional.
• Very caring. I’m glad for this service. They made me comfortable. They are the best ever. Thank you. (14-85225; T. LaChappelle, J. Startup).
• Professional + polite.
• Very caring to me and my husband’s needs. (14-86367; S. Piscopiello, J. Tyree).
• Very timely + excellent service.
• Caring.
• The ambulance crew was very efficient. We were very satisfied. (14-88662; S. Thompson, J. Hornish).
• They were very professional.
• They were great.
• Excellent.
• Seems they have performed this for me quite a few times and were always very very good in handling me and I would not hesitate to recommend them. (14-87237; S. Allen, N. Raiola).
• Caring and professional.
• Service was excellent. (14-83579; A. Cichy, A. Wysocki).
• Very polite. (14-86876; M. Campbell, C. Quezada).
• Friendly, Professional, Efficient. (14-84425; J. Bak, K. King).
• Knowledgeable, reliable. (14-86907; J. D’Albero, T. Salva).
• Excellent!
• Very satisfied.
• Sensitive.
• Competent.
• Very good.
• Please tell the people that worked on me Thank You.
• Professional and kind.
• Professional + compassionate. They were great!
• Thank you for their kindness.
• They were wonderful! (14-83829; G. Geres, M. Sparks).
• Compassionate and down to earth, intuitive. The crew was excellent at their jobs, kind, respectful and helped ease anxiety. Thank you!!! (14-89776; A. Ordway, E. Marandino).
• Great.
• Crew [was] nice and caring.