Words That Describe Us: Volume 10

Aetna Ambulance Service, Inc. - Ambulance Service of Manchester, LLC.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:

  • Excellent x 2.
  • Very good.
  • Professional x 5.
  • Compassionate.
  • Very professional.
  • Excellent. D. Noyes and K. Chadbourne were wonderful, professional and caring. I felt comfortable and relieved in their care!
  • Excellent. The paramedic who took care of me could not have been nicer. Made me feel calm in a scary situation. The driver did a great job of getting me to the hospital. Thank you. I am very grateful (13-59620; M. Weller and J. Rodriguez)
  • Was grateful for great help!
  • Great! Thank you! The EMTs were wonderful about keeping me calm in a terrifying situation and making sure my children were cared for. They diagnosed me accurately and successfully treated the problem promptly. My heroes. (13-62182; A. Fine and C. Haag).
  • Comforting.
  • Very professional. Thank you for being prompt and having patience when listening to me talk. Wonderful job!!! (13-55125; M. Karr)

Words That Describe Us: Volume 9

Aetna Ambulance Service - Ambulance Service of ManchesterMANCHESTER 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:

  • Excellent x III.
  • Respectful, professional.
  • Very good.
  • Excellent service.
  • Thankful.
  • Comforting.
  • Friendly.
  • Dependable.
  • Wonderful.
  • Competent.
  • Excellent!!
  • Wonderful!! Thank you for helping me get to the hospital when I needed your specialized help.
  • Reassuring.
  • Professional x IIII.
  • Good.
  • Outstanding.
  • Excellent! I very much appreciated the calm, gentle, quick manner of the medics. Wonderful folks. Thank you for your kind service.

Praise for ASM’s Kenya Russell and Stephanie Boutot

ASM's Stephanie Boutot

ASM’s Stephanie Boutot

MANCHESTER – In June 2013, ASM received a Patient Satisfaction Survey related to an emergency response performed by ASM crewmembers Kenya Russell and Stephanie Boutot. The patient completed the survey and checked all of the Strongly Agree boxes and wrote in the word “Awesome”  to describe the service.

Additionally he hand wrote the following:

ASM's Kenya Russell

ASM’s Kenya Russell

“Kenya and Stephanie were caring and professional and friendly and awesome. Stephanie was a great driver who got us through rush hour traffic quickly and safely. Kenya was a wonderfully caring person who put me at ease while taking care of me. I cannot say enough good things about these ladies! I would like to thank them personally!”

– [Patient, 13-37006]

Praise for Aetna’s Sean Piscopiello and Nicholas Foran

Aetna Ambulance - Sean Piscopiello and Nicholas Foran

(L to R): Sean Piscopiello and Nicholas Foran.

WETHERSFIELD — In June 2013, Aetna received a Patient Satisfaction Survey related to an emergency response performed by Aetna Paramedics Sean Piscopiello and Nick Foran. The patient’s daughter completed the survey and checked all of the Strongly Agree boxes and wrote in the words “Respectful” and “Professional” to describe the service. Additionally she hand wrote the following:

“My mother lives with me. She woke up extremely short of breath. I am a nurse and check her lungs and vital signs frequently and did so right before calling 911. Ambulance personnel listened to what I had to say and made me feel like I was a part of the team! Thank you.”

– [Patient’s Daughter, 13-36724]

Early Praise for ASM’s Jason Bak on a Paramedic Intercept

ASM's Jason BakMANCHESTER — In May 2013, ASM received a Patient Satisfaction Survey related to a paramedic intercept performed by ASM Paramedic Jason Bak, while completing his precepting phase. The patient checked all of the Strongly Agree boxes and wrote in the word “Wonderful” to describe the service. Additionally he hand wrote the following:

“Jason, the [Paramedic] who came onto the ambulance was amazing. He made me feel very comfortable, that is, I felt safe and in the good hands of someone qualified. He was very reassuring and should be recognized as a very valuable person on your staff.”

– [13-32929]

Words That Describe Us: Volume 8

Aetna Ambulance Service, Inc. - Ambulance Service of Manchester, LLC. 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:

  • Excellent personnel.
  • Excellent.
  • Professional x 4.
  • Very professional.
  • The best.
  • Good.
  • Great.
  • Efficient x 2.
  • Caring.
  • Excellent. I called approximately 10 times in the past year. I believe the ambulance staff has saved my life each time. Now they know where my extra key is and they use it when I cannot get to the door. Thank you all!
  • Terrific.
  • Keep doing everything you are doing as your company seems to have the key to running a successful business down pat. Great job. (13-29357).
  • Thoughtful.
  • Reliable.
  • Fantastic.

Words That Describe Us: Volume 7

Aetna Ambulance - Ambulance Service of ManchesterMANCHESTER 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  x 10
  • Excellent x 6
  • Great x 5
  • Efficient x 4
  • Competent x 3
  • Helpful x 2
  • Good x 2
  • Friendly x 2
  • Efficient, very professional.
  • Concerned.
  • Did their job perfectly.
  • Highly skilled professionals.
  • Very dependable.
  • Very Good.
  • Compassionate.
  • Excellent service.
  • Excellent staff.
  • Very good service.
  • Knowledgeable.
  • Pleased with service.
  • The two gentlemen were the very best. Thank you.
  • The staff that attended to my father’s needs were excellent. Very caring and attentive individuals.
  • Excellent service. Impressed with professional and kind service. Ryan McConville helped handle the paperwork for the hospital. He was very helpful during this stressful time.

Words That Describe Us: Volume 6

Aetna Ambulance - Ambulance Service of ManchesterMANCHESTER 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:

  • [Aetna’s] Ryan (835) and Mike (942) were excellent EMTs (13-18633)
  • Professional and highly competent. The medics were wonderful handling a 911 situation. They knew exactly what to do, were calm and very good at relaxing the patient in a stressful and frightening situation. It was helpful having them give the information to the hospital upon arrival and to assist in getting a bed in the ER. (Per the writer’s mother, the patient)
  • Always pleased with service!!!! (SNF)
  • Glad we called Aetna.
  • The best.
  • Very caring for the person in need of care.
  • Caring.
  • Caring professionals.
  • Very professional and caring.
  • I want to thank them for the great care I received!
  • Good.
  • Very good.
  • Serious.
  • Prompt, efficient.
  • Proficient.
  • Did best to put me at ease.
  • Helpful and cared.
  • The entire crew was very pleasant and informative of whatever questions I had asked.

Words That Describe Us: Volume 5

Aetna Ambulance - Ambulance Service of ManchesterMANCHESTER 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:

  • Thorough. The [EMTs] were great. They convinced me to go to the hospital and they were right. Nice people!
  • Excellent service, couldn’t have had any better. My mom was transported. The two medics were excellent. Michael had my mom laughing and [they both] made her trip so comfortable. I couldn’t have asked for any better. (ASM’s E998 and E741).
  • Caring (appeared in six surveys).
  • Very professional (appeared in three surveys).
  • Considerate (appeared in three surveys).
  • Thank you for being with us.
  • Responsive.
  • Excellent.
  • Reassuring.
  • Good care.
  • Helpful, kind and accommodating. Thank you.
  • GREAT JOB!!
  • Experienced.

Words That Describe Us: Volume 4

Aetna Ambulance - Ambulance Service of ManchesterMANCHESTER 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:

  • Excellent.
  • Lifesavers.
  • Extremely professional team and very caring for me as a patient and my family.
  • All areas were excellent – the two ambulance men we’re wonderful!! The very best! Please tell them so.
  • Staff was very efficient, concerned and competent. Thank you.
  • Thanks for the awesome care you gave my son.

EMS is often a thankless field. We feel that expressions of appreciation deserve to be shared and constructive comments deserve to be acted upon. An effort is made to share positive and/or constructive comments with the field staff and with the public we serve. Some of the other responses we have received are highlighted throughout our blog and on our website.

If we have treated you and you would like to request a blank survey please call our office at (860) 647-9798 or send your comments to us at PO Box 300, Manchester, CT 06045-0300. Or, simply click the Leave a Reply link below.

“They Literally Saved His Life”

WETHERSFIELD — Many things had to come together for one 74 year-old patient to survive the morning of October 26th. He needed the rapid dispatch of advanced care. He needed definitive cardiac care. But possibly the most important key to his survival: a skilled EMS team needed to show up at the door.

 Aetna’s Jeff D’Albero, Ashley Kramer and the Aetna Operations Supervisor responded to the 911 call for difficulty breathing. Upon arrival of the crew from Aetna Ambulance, his  breathing was agonal (a last few instinctive breaths) and his heart was in ventricular fibrillation; a non-perfusing, lethal heart rhythm. After intubation, ACLS medications, three rounds of defibrillation and three cardioversions the patient was in a normal, perfusing heart rhythm upon arrival at [Hospital].

The patient’s spouse returned a Patient Satisfaction Survey with the following response:

“The people who responded that day were terrific. They literally saved [his] life. Thank you for the bottom of our hearts.”

Seven days later, and out of pure coincidence, Jeff returned to [Hospital] to transport the same gentleman to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation of the minimal deficits he incurred. Today, the patient is resting and recovering at home. He said, “make sure they know I deeply appreciate what they did.”

Note: The use of details, dates, treatments and other conditions are done with the express written permission of the patient. 

Words That Describe Us: Volume 3

Aetna Ambulance - Ambulance Service of ManchesterMANCHESTER 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:

  • “Very capable and understanding considering my complete confusion and surprise as to my incident. Everything was as good and efficient and capable as anyone could hope for or expect.”
  • “Fantastic. Could not ask for any better service. It was perfect.”
  • “Excellent service. I was very pleased with the ambulance service my husband received. I have no complaints.”
  • “Very helpful and reassuring to my personal needs.”
  • Great x 2
  • Excellent x 2
  • Very professional
  • Good
  • Super
  • Competent
  • Outstanding
  • Supportive
  • The best!
  • Fabulous
  • Conscientious.

Words That Describe Us: Volume 2

Aetna Ambulance - Ambulance Service of ManchesterMANCHESTER and HARTFORD — Aetna 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.

Some of the answers included:

  • “One suggestion is hire more outstanding, professional, compassionate individuals like Matt and Jackie. Coming from a healthcare provider, these two were fantastic.”
  • “Continue to hire good quality people like the crew that took care of me!”
  • “You saved my life! Thank you!”
  • “[Your] service is admirable”

EMS is often a thankless field. We feel that expressions of appreciation deserve to be shared and constructive comments deserve to be acted upon. An effort is made to share positive and/or constructive comments with the field staff and with the public we serve. Some of the other responses we have received are highlighted throughout our blog and on our website.

If we have treated you and you would like to request a blank survey please call our office at (860) 647-9798 or send your comments to us at PO Box 300, Manchester, CT 06045-0300. Or, simply click the Leave a Reply link below.

Words That Describe Us: Volume 1

Aetna Ambulance - Ambulance Service of ManchesterMANCHESTER and HARTFORD — Aetna 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 last question of the survey asks the respondent, “Please use one word to describe us.” The respondents also use the line to express how they felt about the service as well. Here are the responses we have received, in order, in the two months this question has been asked:

  • Perfect
  • Very involved
  • Awesome
  • Respectful
  • Competent
  • Efficient and thoughtful
  • Super
  • Excellent x 7
  • Great service and response
  • Wonderful x 2
  • Lifesavers
  • Satisfied
  • Good x 2
  • Effective
  • Prompt
  • Professional x 2
  • Humanitarians
  • Reassuring
  • Very Comforting
  • Outstanding x 2
  • Fantastic
  • Great x 2

EMS is often a thankless field. We feel that expressions of appreciation deserve to be shared and constructive comments deserve to be acted upon. An effort is made to share positive and/or constructive comments with the field staff and with the public we serve. Some of the other responses we have received are highlighted throughout our blog and on our website.

If we have treated you and you would like to request a blank survey please call our office at (860) 647-9798 or send your comments to us at PO Box 300, Manchester, CT 06045-0300. Or, simply click the Leave a Reply link below.

ASM’s Vinnie Maston and Ryan McConville Receive Top Scores

ASM's Vinnie Maston

ASM's Vinnie Maston

MANCHESTER — On February 3, 2012 Ambulance Service of Manchester crew members Vinnie Maston and Ryan McConville responded to a non-emergency transport request from a private residence within ASM’s service area.

As per normal practice for patients who request non-emergency service from their private residence, within two weeks the patient received a Patient Satisfaction Survey. The patient and her caregivers promptly sent back a glowing response on the care she received. So glowing that it needed to be shared. Continue reading