NEWS AND MEDIA
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Man Collapses In the Street At Night, Is Revived By Policeman and EMTs June 1, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Last night just before 1 a.m., a man in his 70s suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the streets… Read More
Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest Reunites With EMTs Who Resuscitated Him June 1, 2023 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features - A few weeks ago in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem, Yosef, in his 50s, began experiencing heartburn and weakness in… Read More
Volunteer EMT Saves 96-year-old Woman from Cardiac Arrest and Assists Injured Motorcyclists in Back-to-Back Emergencies June 1, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Sunday, just after 4 P.M., a 96-year-old woman experienced cardiac arrest in her house on Tzemach HaSadeh Street in… Read More
EMT Saves Baby from Severe Allergic Reaction Following First Taste of Tahini May 29, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On a recent Tuesday morning in Jerusalem, parents were feeding their 6-month-old baby and introduced him to tahini for the… Read More
Beit Dagan Man Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Is Revived By First Responders May 24, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - In the town of Beit Dagan, on Tuesday, a 63-year-old man experienced a cardiac arrest a bit before midnight. Relatives… Read More
Rescue Mission Brings Elderly Jewish Woman from War-Torn Ukraine to Israel for Life-Saving Treatment May 23, 2023 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - In a complex operation spanning three countries, an elderly Jewish woman from the conflict-ridden regions of Ukraine has been successfully… Read More
Making A Wish Come True: Bedridden Elderly Woman Visits the Kinneret with the Help of EMTs May 22, 2023 Posted in: Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Last Thursday, EMTs fulfilled the dream of an elderly bedridden woman by bringing her to visit the Kinneret (Sea of… Read More
Palestinian Man Brought Lifeless To Hashmonaim Crossing, Is Revived By Security Guards and EMTs May 16, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Monday morning just before 9:00 A.M., a Palestinian man was brought to the Hashmonaim Crossing by relatives after suffering… Read More
Amid Operation “Shield and Arrow”, United Hatzalah Raises Alert Level May 10, 2023 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, Vehicles - Amid IDF Operation "Shield and Arrow", United Hatzalah is raising its level of alert and preparing for a possible security… Read More
Surmounting Disability To Save Lives May 7, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - A few weeks ago, a woman in her 50s suffered chest pains in her home in the city of Acre.… Read More
Interrupting Torah Learning To Save A Life May 2, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Last Thursday just after 8:00 P.M., a man in his 80s suffered a cardiac arrest in the Misgav Ladach Hospital… Read More
Palestinian man to United Hatzalah EMT: “You don’t care what our nationality is and treat us simply because you see someone in need, thank you!” May 1, 2023 Posted in: Coexistence, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features - On Tuesday morning (Yom Hazikaron) just before 9:00 A.M., a collision between two Palestinian vehicles took place in the village… Read More
Following Recent Wave of Terror Attacks, United Hatzalah Conducts Simulated Mass Casualty Incident Training Drill for Women May 1, 2023 Posted in: Education and training, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Technology, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers - On Friday morning, United Hatzalah, Israel’s national volunteer-based EMS organization, held a simulated mass casualty incident (MCI) training drill that… Read More
“It’s miraculous he came out of this alive”: EMT reunites with yeshiva student who almost died from heat stroke during a bein hazmanim hike April 27, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Last week, during Pesach (spring) break, 20-year-old yeshiva student Shmuel Vaknin suffered a heat stroke while hiking in Nahal Arugot… Read More
Four Months After EMT Died In Motorcycle Accident, His Widow Follows In His Footsteps and Volunteers for United Hatzalah April 24, 2023 Posted in: Education and training, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, Women Volunteers - Last December, Yoel Souisa Z"L, a Dimona resident and United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was riding his ambucycle (emergency motorcycle) on… Read More
Doctor saves young passenger’s life on El Al flight to New York April 19, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Yesterday, on board El Al flight LY7 from Tel Aviv to New York, an unexpected medical emergency occurred when a… Read More
91-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Tastes Mufletas For The First Time April 18, 2023 Posted in: Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features - Last Wednesday, Mordechai Greenstein attended his first Mimouna, the celebration held by North African Jewish communities at the end of… Read More
Father And Son Duo Rescue Family From Jerusalem Fire April 17, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - In the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, on Saturday night just before 9:00 P.M., an apartment building caught fire, causing… Read More
United Hatzalah Hit By Tens of Thousands of Cyber Attacks April 13, 2023 Posted in: UH Technology - Over the past two weeks, United Hatzalah of Israel has been hit with tens of thousands of cyberattacks as part… Read More
Barehanded EMT Neutralizes Knife-Wielding Terrorist Then Treats Two Injured People, One in Serious Condition April 13, 2023 Posted in: Miracle story, Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Tuesday, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Benny Meshulam was on his way to work from his home in Beer Yaakov… Read More
A 75-year-old Ashdod choking victim, saved by EMTs April 13, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Saturday night, a man in his mid-70s choked on bread that he was eating for dinner at his home… Read More
United Hatzalah of Israel Hosts New York Young Leadership Kickoff Event at Jojo Anavim Studio April 4, 2023 Posted in: Uncategorized - United Hatzalah’s Young Leadership official kickoff event of 2023 was graciously hosted by Jojo Anavim, at his world-famous studio in… Read More
Two People Saved By Doctor and EMT on Flight to the U.S April 3, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 141 from Tel Aviv to Chigaco last Thursday were in for a surprise when not… Read More
Beitar Illit Man Reunited With EMTs Who Saved Him From Two Cardiac Arrests In Two Weeks March 30, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - In an emotional reunion that took place on Thursday, Rabbi B., a resident of Beitar Illit was reunited with the… Read More
After Being Rescued Three Times, Jerusalem Man Becomes EMT To Give Back and Save Others March 27, 2023 Posted in: Community Outreach, Miracle story, Press, UH Volunteer Features - The life of David Sfedge life changed forever eight years ago when he was hit by a car while walking… Read More
Gunshot victim saved by “high-tech paramedic” after home invasion March 26, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Tuesday night, just after 11:00 P.M., three masked men broke into a house in the town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur.… Read More
30-Year-Old Father of Four Revived by Emergency Services in Late-Night Cardiac Arrest March 26, 2023 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday just before midnight, a 30-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest in his house in Bnei Brak. His relatives… Read More
Emergency medical services face challenges in Bedouin villages, new program seeks to build trust and awareness March 20, 2023 Posted in: Coexistence, Community Outreach, Education and training, Press, UH Volunteer Features - How do first responders find the location of a nearby emergency in a village where there are no roads or… Read More
175 Runners Race To Save Lives in Jerusalem Marathon March 20, 2023 Posted in: Press, Vehicles - On Friday Morning, 175 people ran in support of United Hatzalah in the Jerusalem Marathon. The runners, ranging in age… Read More
Baka El Garbiya gunshot victim rescued by first responders March 20, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday morning, a man in his 50s was shot in Baka El Garbiya, a city in Northern Israel. The… Read More
Joint Drill Simulates Major Fire In Wooded Area March 20, 2023 Posted in: Education and training, Press - On Tuesday, a joint training drill practicing the combined response of emergency services to a major fire was conducted near… Read More
Ahead of Yartzheit of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, United Hatzalah Teams From Ukraine and Israel Head To Poland To Provide Medical Security For Pilgrims March 13, 2023 Posted in: Press, Vehicles - Thousands of people from all over the world are expected to visit the Polish town of Leżajsk/Lizhensk for the yartzeit… Read More
Woman with end-stage cancer fulfills her wish and graduates from EMT training course March 12, 2023 Posted in: Education and training, Miracle story, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - Last week, Omer Rotem, a 44-year-old resident of Midreshet Ben Gurion in the Negev, graduated from United Hatzalah's EMT training… Read More
Three Years After Nearly Dying From Covid, Biography of United Hatzalah’s Eli Beer is Published March 12, 2023 Posted in: Press - On March 16th, three years to the day after Eli Beer was admitted to the ICU at Miami University hospital,… Read More
How To Keep Your Family Safe This Purim March 2, 2023 Posted in: Education and training - Israel’s national volunteer-based EMS organization United Hatzalah has launched an extensive safety awareness campaign this year in anticipation of Purim.… Read More
Four People Injured in Building Fire in Jerusalem March 2, 2023 Posted in: Coexistence, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Four people suffered injuries related to smoke inhalation due to a fire that broke out on Hamefaked Street in Jerusalem… Read More
Ten Kavod Beit Shemesh – The story of Ralph Milavsky and Tal Moskowitz February 27, 2023 Posted in: Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Uncategorized - Ralph Milavsky was born on February 13th, 1947, in Stockholm, Sweden. He grew up with his cousins and learned to… Read More
Minutes Before Shabbat, Rehovot Child Suffers Cardiac Arrest And Is Saved By Pair of EMTs February 27, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Just minutes before Shabbat came in last Friday, a family called for help when their 7-year-old daughter suddenly collapsed after… Read More
Looking Back on Our Time In Turkey February 23, 2023 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, UH Technology, UH Volunteer Features - By Yossi Cohen We were walking into the unknown, unaware of the destruction that awaited us out there amongst the… Read More
Ten Kavod Emek HaHula – The Story of Itamar Tiferet and an Elderly Man He Visits Weekly February 23, 2023 Posted in: Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features - Itamar Tiferet is a military boarding school student that started volunteering at the United Hatzalah Ten Kavod program, following in… Read More
EMT Saves Coworker at Concrete Factory in Northern Israel February 23, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Thursday morning, a 50-year-old woman went into cardiac arrest in the middle of her shift at a concrete factory… Read More
Ten Kavod Maalot – The Story of Elishema Oren and Yaakov Maarek February 21, 2023 Posted in: Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features - Yaakov Maarek was born on November 14th, 1942 in Tunis City, Tunisia to a family with 4 children, including him.… Read More
By Land, By Sea, and Now… By Air: United Hatzalah inaugurates air medical unit with 3 medevac helicopters February 14, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Technology, Vehicles - United Hatzalah of Israel inaugurated today its air medical unit (medevac) comprised of three helicopters and 30 flight paramedics. The… Read More
Newlywed Couple Among First Responders At Jerusalem Car-Ramming Attack On Friday February 14, 2023 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - It was an otherwise peaceful Friday in Jerusalem, a young couple, Dovi and Batya Widawsky, who had gotten married only… Read More
Dr. Itai Basel recounts the dramatic rescue of a young woman in Turkey February 13, 2023 Posted in: Miracle story, Press, UH Volunteer Features - By: Dr. Itai Basel Last night in the middle of the night, I was woken up by an emergency request… Read More
As Winter Surge Overwhelms Emergency Rooms, Ted Arison Family Foundation Helps Emergency Room Relief Project February 13, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - As winter continues to bring a surge of patients to already overcrowded emergency rooms around the world, and specifically in… Read More
The Thought That Keeps Me Going: An EMT’s First-Hand Account of the Neve Yaakov Terror Attack February 7, 2023 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features - By Shlomo Gurfein On Friday night, I was eating a family Shabbat dinner when I got alerted by Yosef Deshet… Read More
Israeli Based Emergency Response Team Departs For Turkey With 25 Medical and Rescue Personnel, 10 Tons of Medical Equipment, and Humanitarian Aid February 7, 2023 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features - United Hatzalah of Israel sent a delegation of 25 first responders and experts in search and rescue operations together with… Read More
“If I Don’t Go, Who Will?”: United Hatzalah’s Neve Yaakov Team Lead Recounts Responding to The Neve Yaakov Terror Attack February 5, 2023 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - By: Yehuda Cohen On Friday night a week ago, my wife and I were sitting down at the Shabbat table… Read More
After Losing His Brother-In-Law, Jerusalem Man Vowed To Save Lives February 1, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Monday morning, a man in his early 30s collapsed from an overdose in his home on Ayala Street in… Read More
Terror Strikes Jerusalem: An EMT’s Harrowing Account of the Neve Yaakov Terror Attack January 31, 2023 Posted in: Uncategorized - By Yosef Deshet It was a peaceful Friday night after the Shabbat meal when my son and I stepped out… Read More
Joint Training Drill Simulates Devastating Blaze At Housing Complex For the Disabled in Bnei Brak January 31, 2023 Posted in: Education and training, Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday morning in Bnei Brak, a joint training drill simulating the response of combined emergency services to a residential… Read More
Report from eyewitnesses to the synagogue shooting and City of David shooting in Jerusalem January 29, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Jerusalem synagogue shooting: ------------------------------------- On Friday night at 8:16 P.M., United Hatzalah’s Command and Dispatch Center received reports of several… Read More
Caring For Holocaust Survivors’ Health And Dignity, All Year Round January 26, 2023 Posted in: Community Outreach, Press, Ten Kavod - Caring For Holocaust Survivors’ Health And Dignity, All Year Round The story of Mordechai Greenstein and Yosef Arzad In… Read More
Husband and Wife EMTs Perform CPR On Electrocuted Construction Worker in Ashkelon January 24, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - On Monday afternoon, a 23-year-old construction worker was electrocuted at a construction site on Dorif Street in Ashkelon and sustained… Read More
Volunteer EMT Rescues Cyclist And Scooter Rider Injured In Frontal Collision January 22, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Thursday morning just before 09:00 A.M., two men were injured in a collision between an electric scooter and a… Read More
Ramat Gan Resident Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Volunteer EMT Abandons Business Meeting To Save His Life January 19, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday just before 10:00 P.M., a man in his 60s suffered a cardiac arrest in his house on Anne… Read More
85-Year-Old Bnei Brak Man Saved By EMTs After Choking On His Food January 16, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Saturday night around 9:00 pm, an 85-year-old man choked on the food his caretaker gave him to eat on… Read More
Jatt Resident Injured In Serious Fall, Rescued By Childhood Classmate January 16, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday morning just after 09:00 A.M., a man fell from a ladder while doing housework in the village of… Read More
Israeli EMS Organization United Hatzalah, Distributing Hundreds of Electrical Generators To Orphanages, Schools, Medical Clinics, and Families In Need, Across Ukraine January 15, 2023 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press - As Ukraine is being wracked with sub-zero temperatures, snow, and with the persistent shortage of electricity caused by the continuation… Read More
Elderly Ukrainian Jewish Man Laid To Rest In Jewish Burial Ceremony After United Hatzalah Delegation Hears Of Imminent Christian Funeral January 15, 2023 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Uncategorized - On Wednesday, an elderly Jewish man with no living Jewish relatives passed away in Ukraine in the town of Bila… Read More
Tamra Man Suffers Cardiac Incident, Saved by EMS Volunteers January 10, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday morning, a man in his early 40s suffered an irregular heart arrhythmia on Awad Street in the village… Read More
Kfar Saba Woman Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Is Saved By Quick Response From First Responders January 10, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday, at approximately 10:00 A.M., a woman in her 80s suffered a cardiac arrest and lost consciousness, collapsing on… Read More
Ashkelon Man Who Suffered A Cardiac Arrest and Severe Head Trauma Saved By EMTs January 10, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Last week Thursday, early in the morning, a 63-year-old man was riding his bicycle when he began to feel pain… Read More
United Hatzalah Ambulance Driver Injured in Palestinian Rock Throwing-Attack Treated By Muslim Volunteer From East Jerusalem January 8, 2023 Posted in: Coexistence, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers - United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and ambulance driver Rachel Chuna was injured on Thursday morning when Arab terrorists threw rocks at… Read More
Modi’in Man Collapses In Commercial Area, Is Revived Within Minutes By Security Personnel and First Responders January 4, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - On Tuesday afternoon just before 2:00 P.M., passersby called for help after a man in his 60s collapsed and lost… Read More
Modi’in Illit Man Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Revived by EMTs January 4, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday afternoon, a man in his 40s suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai Street… Read More
Harry and Jane Fischel Foundation Donates Multiple Emergency Vehicles to Israeli EMS Organization United Hatzalah January 3, 2023 Posted in: Press, Vehicles - More than 40 people from Israel and the New York tri-state area, who were nearly all descendants of Harry and… Read More
Rabbi Suffers Cardiac Incident During Prayers in Shul, Saved By Congregant EMT January 3, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Shabbat morning in the neighborhood of Neve Yaakov, a rabbi at one of the local shuls suffered a cardiac… Read More
Seriously Wounded Man Saved By Friend And EMT’s Quick Response January 2, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Sunday morning, a man was seriously injured and another man sustained light injuries in a stabbing incident on Dr.… Read More
Saving Lives Overseas January 1, 2023 Posted in: Miracle story, Press, UH Volunteer Features - A three-year-old toddler who choked in a restaurant in Agadir, was saved thanks to a quick response from United Hatzalah… Read More
Baby with a Rare Breathing Disability Successfully Transported from Israel to Florida, to Undergo Lifesaving Procedure January 1, 2023 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers - On Monday afternoon, United Hatzalah Operations Department received a special request from volunteer Dr. Shlomo Gensler to transfer a one-month-old… Read More
Choking Baby Loses Consciousness, Saved by an EMT December 27, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday evening, a year-and-a-half-old baby was brought by his parents to the Iron medical center in Kfar Kara after… Read More
Muslim EMT Who Saved Jewish Child From Choking Recognized by Mayor of Jerusalem December 27, 2022 Posted in: Coexistence, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - Several weeks ago, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Rania Abu Shaba'an stopped at the Azrieli Mall in Modi’in to have lunch… Read More
EU Ambassador to Israel Visits United Hatzalah Headquarters December 22, 2022 Posted in: Press - On Tuesday afternoon, the European Union’s Ambassador to Israel H.E Dimiter Tzantchev visited United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem. The Ambassador… Read More
95-year-old Ofakim woman choked at a family Chanukah party, saved by her own grandson December 22, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday evening, Rafael Ifergan, a United Hatzalah EMT, was at a family Hanukkah party with his family when suddenly… Read More
Friends of United Hatzalah Gala Event Headlined By Andrea Bocelli Raises $13 Million For Israeli EMS Organization December 21, 2022 Posted in: Press - On Tuesday evening, $13 million were raised by the Miami community at Friends of United Hatzalah’s gala, which took place… Read More
Officials From American Heart Association Visit United Hatzalah Headquarters, Renew Organization’s Training License December 15, 2022 Posted in: Education and training, Press - Toward the end of November, officials from the American Heart Association (AHA) visited United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem and met… Read More
Beit Shemesh Teen Collapses, Successfully Revived By First Responders December 15, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Tuesday morning just after 8:00 A.M. in Beit Shemesh, a 14-year-old girl suffered respiratory distress, lost consciousness, and suffered… Read More
Andrea Bocelli to Headline 3rd Friends of United Hatzalah Gala Event in Miami December 14, 2022 Posted in: Press - On Tuesday, December 20th, 2022, Friends of United Hatzalah will be holding its annual Gala in Miami, Florida at the… Read More
United Hatzalah rolls out new tactical trauma kits to be distributed to all 6,200 volunteers December 14, 2022 Posted in: Press - Speed during a medical emergency is crucial as every second counts. This is especially true with regard to cases of… Read More
On the First Anniversary of His Murder, Ambucycle Donated In Memory of Oleh, IDF Veteran and Western Wall Guide Killed In a Terror Attack December 13, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - In a moving ceremony in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning, a commemorative plaque was unveiled and a new emergency… Read More
EMTs Get Shot At While Treating Stabbing Victims on Highway 6 December 6, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday just before midnight, two men were severely injured in an act of violence that took place on Highway… Read More
Two Successful CPRs in as Many Days in Tiberias December 6, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Thursday night, a woman in her late 20s was eating dinner when she started choking on her food on… Read More
Herzliya Man In Serious Condition After Shooting Incident, Saved by EMTs December 5, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Monday evening, a man in Herzliya was badly injured in an act of violence that took place on Ben… Read More
United Hatzalah Volunteer Yoel Souisa Killed In Motor Vehicle Accident December 4, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - It is with great sadness and anguish that we announce the passing of one of our volunteers, Yoel Souisa, who… Read More
The Lifesaving Power of Prayer and A Quick Response December 1, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - Tuesday just after midnight in the community of Givon HaYeshana near Jerusalem, a man in his fifties started complaining of… Read More
French Community Raises 450,000 € in Support for Friends of United Hatzalah in First Ever Gala In Paris December 1, 2022 Posted in: Press, Vehicles - On Sunday night at the Salons Hoche in Paris, more than 200 people gathered together to support Israel’s premier fully-volunteer… Read More
Netanya Woman Struck By Electric Bicycle Suffers Severe Head Trauma, Rescued by First Responders December 1, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - A middle-aged woman was walking on the sidewalk on Monday morning when she was hit by an electric bicycle rider… Read More
Ashdod Woman Revived After Suffering Cardiac Arrest On The Street December 1, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday just before noon, a woman in her 80s was walking with her son down Avot Yeshurun Street in… Read More
L’ONG israélienne de premiers secours United Hatzalah recueille près de 450 000 euros de dons lors de son premier dîner de gala à Paris November 28, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Dimanche soir, plus de 200 personnes étaient rassemblées aux Salons Hoche à Paris pour soutenir l’organisation de premiers secours United… Read More
Beit Shemesh Man Revived by United Hatzalah’s EMT’s After Suffering Cardiac Arrest November 28, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Tuesday afternoon, a man in his 60s suffered a cardiac arrest in an open park on Nahar Hayarkon Boulevard… Read More
Of Fire, Ladders, and Leaps Of Faith November 28, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Being trapped in a burning building is a nightmare that thankfully few people ever have to face. Jumping out of… Read More
At 40 Weeks Pregnant She Delivered Someone Else’s Baby November 27, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - Last week Thursday, Rachel Feld, who has been a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah for just over a year, received… Read More
Early Morning Rescue Saves The Life of Jerusalem Man Who Suffered A Cardiac Arrest in Front of His Family November 27, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Early Sunday morning, just before 4:00 a.m., a man in his late 60s was not feeling well at an apartment… Read More
Young Girl Suffers Anaphylactic Reaction in Preschool, Saved By Quick Acting EMT November 22, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Yesterday afternoon, a man in Herzliya arrived to pick up his daughter from preschool, when he discovered that the little… Read More
Man Reunited With Rescuers Days After Suffering A Cardiac Arrest on a Bus in Bnei Brak November 20, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - ’You are real godly angels, you saved my life!!” Those were the emotional words of *Shmuel, during an emotional meetup… Read More
Sexagenarian Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Resuscitated By First Responders November 20, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Friday morning just after 9:00 A.M, a woman in her 60s suffered a cardiac arrest in her home in Netanya,… Read More
Venture Capitalist Eric Reiner Joins U.S. National Board of United Hatzalah, Appointed President of Young Leadership for the Organization November 16, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, Press - In an effort to expand awareness and support for emergency medical services in Israel, Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel… Read More
B’nai Jeshurun Congregants Meet With Refugee They Helped Rescue From Ukraine November 16, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press - Congregants from the Reform synagogue Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, in New Jersey, met with Alexei, a Ukrainian refugee who was brought… Read More
Jerusalem Octogenarian Suffered A Cardiac Arrest, Revived by Volunteer EMTs November 16, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Tuesday morning, a man in his 80 suffered a cardiac arrest on Hahmei Lublin Street in Jerusalem. His worried… Read More
Rosh Haayin Woman Chokes, Revived By First Responders November 15, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Monday morning, a woman in her early 40s choked in her home in Rosh Haayin. Worried family members called… Read More
New EMS “Minilance” Donated In Honor of Fallen Officer Noam Raz Z”L – Vehicle Donated by Businessman Shefi Sason With Several VIPs In Attendance November 15, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - In a moving ceremony on Monday afternoon in Moshav Mishmar HaShiva, a new emergency medical service vehicle was dedicated in… Read More
Bringing A Smile On Their Face – Ten Kavod Jerusalem: The Story of Yisrael Kama and Simcha and Yosef Oren November 8, 2022 Posted in: Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features - Simcha Oren was born in 1942 in Iran to a large family. Due to hard living conditions, Simcha and her… Read More
95-Year-Old Beer Sheva Resident Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Is Revived by Volunteer EMTs November 7, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - On Tuesday just before 03:00 P.M., a 95-year-old woman suffered a cardiac arrest in her home on Sinai Street in… Read More
Western Wall Foundation, Herzog Hospital, and United Hatzalah Team Up To Bring Hospital-Confined Child To Western Wall November 6, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - A 10-year-old boy who suffers from a birth defect that has kept him in hospital on a ventilator since birth… Read More
Netivot Resident Collapses On Sidewalk, Revived By EMTs October 31, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Early Wednesday morning, a man in his early 60s was found unconscious lying on the ground in Netivot. Passersby noticed… Read More
Woman Injured In Rock-Throwing Attack Treated By EMTs Amidst Ongoing Wave of Violence In Judea and Samaria October 31, 2022 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers - On Wednesday afternoon, a woman was injured when a rock was hurled at her car near the settlement of Revava… Read More
Becoming Better People – Ten Kavod Ramat HaSharon: The Story of Gabi Vitale And Ben Tzion Eylon October 26, 2022 Posted in: Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - Ben Tzion Eylon was born in Jerusalem in 1937 and moved to Tel Aviv with his parents when he was… Read More
Premature Baby Girl Alive And Well After Breech Birth And Resuscitation – EMT First Responders Deliver Baby Under Video Guidance Of Senior Physicians And Midwives From Barzilai Hospital October 26, 2022 Posted in: Miracle story, Press, UH Volunteer Features - A premature baby was successfully delivered and subsequently resuscitated by two volunteer EMTs under the live video guidance of senior… Read More
I Picked Up A Hitchhiker And Saved His Life With My EpiPen October 25, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - My name is Yosef Chaim Shachaf and I am a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah. A few weeks ago on… Read More
Seminary Student Suffers Anaphylactic Reaction in Jerusalem, Saved by Quick Responding EMTs October 23, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On the night of Simchat Torah (Shmini Atzeret), a young seminar girl who was visiting with a local member of… Read More
Baby Boy Falls Off A Bed in Modi’in Illit and Loses Consciousness, Revived By First Responders October 23, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Wednesday morning, around 1 A.M. a 2-year-old baby boy fell off his bed and lost consciousness. The boy's parents,… Read More
Newborn Resuscitated By EMTs After Cardiac Arrest In Herzliya Mall October 20, 2022 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Tuesday just before 2:00 P.M., a newborn baby lost consciousness in a mall in Herzliya. Her panicked mother called… Read More
Lior Suchard, Avraham Fried, and Mordechai Shapiro Delight Jerusalem October 14, 2022 Posted in: Press - World-famous mentalist Lior Suchard and Jewish music stars Avraham Fried and Mordechai Shapiro wowed a sold-out crowd of 3,000 people… Read More
Treating The Trauma of Hurricane Ian One Survivor At A Time October 7, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press, Women Volunteers - My name is Einat Kauffman and I am the Clinical Director of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit (PCRU).… Read More
Helping Hurricane Ian Survivors Choose To Tell A Positive Story – One Social Worker’s First-Hand Account of Treating Survivors in Fort Myers October 6, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - By Hadas Rucham, Arriving in Fort Myers after a long day of traveling, we met with local authorities to identify… Read More
Dramatic Erev Yom Kippur Rescue: Holocaust Survivor Rescued From Donestk Ukraine October 6, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, Vehicles - A few days before Yom Kippur, Naftali Rabinovitch, who serves as United Hatzalah Chief of Operations in Ukraine, received an… Read More
Finding Strength After the Storm – Israeli Clinical Psychologist Discusses Aiding Evacuees In Fort Meyers In Wake of Hurricane Ian October 6, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Uncategorized, Women Volunteers - - By Dr. Sharon Slater On our first day in Florida, we visited a shelter for people who had lost… Read More
Empowering Communities in The Aftermath of Disaster – Mission Leader Gavy Friedson discusses relief missions in response to both Hurricane Fiona and Hurricane Ian October 3, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, UH Volunteer Features - On September 18th, just after Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico, I received a phone call that would drastically… Read More
United Hatzalah Sends Relief Mission To Florida In Response To Hurricane Ian October 2, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit - Just over a week after United Hatzalah sent a mission to Puerto Rico to assist with Hurricane Fiona, the organization… Read More
Helping Others Learn How To Help Themselves October 1, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit - By Avishai Levkovitz My name is Avishai Levkovitz and I am a social worker. I have been volunteering with United… Read More
After the Rains Come September 29, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - By Gaby Hilkowitz Rurka There is a lot of emotional and psychological trauma currently in Puerto Rico. A lot of… Read More
The Loss Here Is Real – A Psychologist First Responder In Puerto Rico Speaks About The Devastation Following Hurricane Fiona September 29, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, Women Volunteers - By Kamila Forkosh-Lavan My name's Kamila Forkosh - Lavan, and I'm a practicing psychologist from Jerusalem. I volunteer with United… Read More
Laughing Like Old Friends – The story of Isette Haroni and Esther Gavliker September 29, 2022 Posted in: Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features - When Tami Neeman, the coordinator for the Ten Kavod program in Yavne, reached out to her friend Isette Hadoni, 48,… Read More
Man Helped By His Daf Yomi Study Partner (Havruta) After Suffering A Stroke September 29, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - One morning a few weeks back, a man suffered a stroke in his home in Petach Tikvah. His worried family… Read More
United Hatzalah Volunteers Leave CPR Practice Session To Save Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest September 28, 2022 Posted in: Education and training, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Friday morning, United Hatzalah volunteers from the Mishor Hachof - Merhav Dror chapter gathered at the chapter’s “Volunteer House”… Read More
In Wake of Hurricane Fiona- Combined Israeli-U.S. Volunteer Aid Group Becomes A Force Multiplier of Human Intervention in Puerto Rico September 25, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit - On Friday, September 23rd, a team of seven first responders and mental health experts arrived in San Juan to assist… Read More
Israeli Delegation Departs To Puerto Rico To Offer Psychological and Medical Aid In Wake of Hurricane Fiona September 22, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit - Early Thursday morning, a delegation of medical and psychological experts from the emergency medical service (EMS) organization United Hatzalah, departed… Read More
David Friedman and Dr. Miriam Adelson Headline Star-Studded Fundraiser For American Friends of United Hatzalah That Raised $12 Million September 22, 2022 Posted in: Press - On Monday evening at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, more than 800 people gathered together in support of Israel’s premier fully… Read More
United Hatzalah Teams Preparing in Uman For Arrival of Rosh Hashanah Pilgrims September 20, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press - United Hatzalah volunteers have been increasing activity in Uman ahead of the Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year's) holiday. The town… Read More
Facebook Post Connects Store Employee With EpiPen-Carrying Shopper Who Saved Her Life September 20, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Thursday afternoon in Afula, Alin Lea Blu, an employee in a local store, had an anaphylactic reaction after snacking on… Read More
Elad Student Suffers Severe Allergic Reaction and is Saved By an EpiPen September 19, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday, a yeshiva student was in the middle of shiur on Ben Uziel Street, in Elad, when suddenly he… Read More
Sharing Words Of Torah Over A Cup Of Coffee – Ten Kavod Hevel Sorek: The Story of David Nissim and David Cohen September 19, 2022 Posted in: Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Uncategorized - David Nissim David Nissim was born in 1952 in the immigrant absorption camp of Tsrifin to a family of Iranian… Read More
Netanya Infant Suffering Allergic Reaction Saved By An EpiPen September 18, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Two weeks ago, on Sunday, at a gas station near Netanya, a family was out dining in a restaurant with… Read More
Rosh Tzurim Woman Suffers Anaphylactic Shock, Saved By Member of Her Community With an EpiPen September 18, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Thursday afternoon, just before 4:00 p.m., a woman in her 40s in Rosh Tzurim began to feel a shortness… Read More
Three Men Reunited With The Rescuers Who Saved Their Lives September 15, 2022 Posted in: Miracle story, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers - On Sunday night, three individuals who suffered cardiac arrests in separate incidents were reunited with the United Hatzalah volunteers who… Read More
Woman Suffers Severe Allergic Reaction Saved by a United Hatzalah Doctor in Givat Shmuel September 15, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Last week on Wednesday, a woman in her 40s had a severe allergic reaction in her home in Givat Shmuel.… Read More
7-Month-Old Bedouin Baby Who Drowned In A Pail of Water Revived By Doctor and Volunteer EMT September 14, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Tuesday night, a 7-month-old baby girl drowned in a water bucket at her home in the Bedouin town of… Read More
‘’Being in the right place at the right time’’ September 13, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday morning around 10 am, a young boy approximately eight years old was crossing the street when he was… Read More
Wrestling With the Angel of Death and Prevailing September 13, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Sunday morning just after 2:00 AM, an elderly man suffered a cardiac arrest on Hiya Ubanav Street in Tiberias.… Read More
“Direct Missile Strike” – Mass Casualty Incident Training Drill Held By United Hatzalah and IDF in Kibbutz Kvutzat Yavneh September 8, 2022 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, Vehicles - “Direct Missile Strike!” - On Monday evening that was the emergency alert received by dozens of first responders in the… Read More
Yamam Officer Noam Raz Commemorated As Volunteer House Inaugurated In His Memory September 7, 2022 Posted in: Press - On Monday, four months after veteran police commando Noam Raz fell in combat, a United Hatzalah Volunteer House was inaugurated… Read More
Beitar Illit Man and Haifa Woman Saved in Separate Incidents Involving Successful CPR 15 minutes apart September 7, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Tuesday morning two people were saved after suffering cardiac arrests thanks to the quick intervention of emergency medical personnel.… Read More
An Immigrant Doctor, A Soldier, and His Father, Save A Life During Friday Night Dinner September 7, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Uncategorized - Last Friday night, a woman choked while having dinner with her family in a well-known restaurant in Modi’in. Her relatives… Read More
‘A League of Their Own’: Major Israeli Law Firms Hold Fundraising Basketball Tournament at Menorah Arena, Donate Ambucycle to United Hatzalah September 6, 2022 Posted in: Press, Vehicles - On Sunday night, a number of leading law firms in Israel participated in a fundraising basketball tournament designed to raise… Read More
Defense Minister Benny Gantz Visits United Hatzalah Headquarters and Inaugurates 1,500 Ceramic Bulletproof Vests September 5, 2022 Posted in: Press - On Sunday afternoon, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz arrived at United Hatzalah’s Headquarters in Jerusalem, together with Members of Knesset… Read More
Man Suffering Severe Hypoglycemia Successfully Treated By United Hatzalah EMT During 20-Minute-Long Wait For Ambulance September 1, 2022 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Jeremie Korchia, a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah, was working from his home in Holon last Thursday afternoon when he… Read More
Sakhnin Gunshot Victim Treated By United Hatzalah EMTs Amidst Ongoing Wave of Violence In Arab Sector September 1, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Uncategorized - On Monday night, a man was shot close to his home in the northern city of Sakhnin. The circumstances of… Read More
Good Neighbor: United Hatzalah Volunteer Saves Her Neighbor’s Life August 31, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - Last week, Tamar Grunebaum Ben Ari, a United Hatzalah volunteer in Kfar Saba, was at her home when she received… Read More
I Saved My Sister’s Life Thanks To a First Aid Course I Took With The Ten Kavod Project August 31, 2022 Posted in: Education and training, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Uncategorized, Women Volunteers - My name is Moriah Dorfman. I am an 18-year-old girl from Bat Yam and I recently saved the life of… Read More
Ukrainian Refugees Train To Become EMTs in Israel August 28, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, UH Volunteer Features, Uncategorized - Ten members of Uman’s Breslov community who fled to Israel at the onset of the war trained to become EMTs… Read More
Choking Baby in Umm al-Fahm Saved By Her Aunt’s Quick Intervention August 23, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers - On Sunday afternoon just after 3:30 p.m., a seven-month-old baby choked on some food that she was eating. Her worried… Read More
“ The Merit of a Good Deed Is Another Good Deed – Mitzvah Goreret Mitzvah” – Or Yehuda Man Resuscitated By EMT Who Drops Torah Shiur To Save A Life August 17, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Monday evening just after 9:00 p.m., a sixty-year-old man had collapsed on HaMif’al Street and worried passersby had called… Read More
The Power of Prayer – Saving The Life Of A Drowned Man Near The Four Seasons Beach in Netanya August 16, 2022 Posted in: Miracle story, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Monday evening just after 8:00 p.m., a man approached a United Hatzalah ATV that was helping an elderly person… Read More
Tzfat Man Resuscitated After Collapsing at Home In Front of His Wife August 16, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Just after midnight on Monday morning, a man in his late 20s was at his home on Yoseftal Street in… Read More
Selflessly Helping Others Is The Best Remedy – A Responder Discusses Providing Psychological First Aid After The David’s Tomb Terror Attack August 14, 2022 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features - By Ariel Drei At 1:45 a.m. on Sunday morning, I was dispatched to provide psychological first aid to people suffering… Read More
Tzitzit Saved The Life Of a Bus Crash Victim August 14, 2022 Posted in: Uncategorized - One thing that is always taught to new United Hatzalah trainees is that “A good EMT is one who can… Read More
Modi’in Resident Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Revived by ‘A Couple’ of EMTs August 10, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers - On Monday evening, an 85-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Modi’in and collapsed unconscious. His worried… Read More
Woman Resuscitated by EMTs After Suffering A Cardiac Arrest in A Rehovot Mall August 9, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Uncategorized - Late Monday morning, a 50-year-old woman entered a shoe store in the Rehovot shopping center when she suffered a cardiac… Read More
Be’er Sheva Man Suffers Cardiac Arrest After Rocket Barrage From Gaza Fired Towards The City and Is Successfully Revived By EMTs in Mere Seconds August 8, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Sunday night, just after 11:00 p.m., a man in his 50s in Be’er Sheva who had been feeling ill,… Read More
Violent Brawl in Kfar Yasif Leaves Resident in Serious Condition August 4, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Late Wednesday night, a violent brawl broke out close to a church in the town of Kafr Yasif in northern… Read More
Motorist Suffers Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Ramat Gan, Successfully Resuscitated By EMS August 3, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Monday morning just after 11:00 a.m., a man in his 40s was driving down Heftman Street in Ramat Gan… Read More
Tel Mond Man Suffers Cardiac Arrest Right in Front of EMT Who Then Proceeded To Save Him August 3, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - In most cases of cardiac arrest and the initiation of CPR, the patients do not survive, and even in cases… Read More
Man Seriously Injured in Motor Vehicle Accident on Highway 4 Reconnects With First Responders Who Saved His Life August 3, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Two weeks ago, Shimshon Shaharbani was seriously injured in a car accident that took place close to the Holot Interchange… Read More
Man Collapses in Silwan, Revived by First Responders August 1, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Saturday night, just after 10:30 p.m., a man in his late 60s in the neighborhood of Silwan in east… Read More
United Hatzalah Raises NIS 200,000 In First Ever Tel Aviv Summer Soiree Event July 21, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, Press - Pedestrians walking passed the corner of Balfour Street and Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night were able to… Read More
Tourist Successfully Resuscitated After Collapsing in Zichron Yaakov Restaurant July 20, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Wednesday just after noon, a man who was visiting the main boulevard of Zichron Yaakov walked into a restaurant… Read More
American Teens Assist in Successful CPR of Ashdod Man and Help Save His Life July 18, 2022 Posted in: Education and training, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Sunday evening, a man suffered a prolonged epileptic seizure in his home in Ashdod, causing him to lose consciousness.… Read More
Neighborly in Nazareth July 18, 2022 Posted in: Coexistence, Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday evening, just before 11:00 p.m., a man in his 40s with a long medical history wanted to take… Read More
Against All Odds July 17, 2022 Posted in: Uncategorized - Just after 12:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, a man in his early 90s who was in his apartment on Zichron… Read More
Kiryat Ono Man Rescued From Local Pool After Drowning July 17, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Friday afternoon, a man in his 50s was swimming at the municipal pool in Kiryat Ono when he suddenly… Read More
Woman and Nine Children Rescued From Burning Building In Shlomi By Neighbors and EMTs July 14, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Thursday morning just after 6:00 a.m., a fire broke out on the top floor of a residential building on… Read More
Be’er Sheva Man Resuscitated After Wife Finds Him Unconscious At Home July 7, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Wednesday afternoon in Be’er Sheva, a woman found her 79-year-old husband lying unconscious in his bed. He had seemingly… Read More
Saving The Life Of a Collapsed Motorist July 6, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Monday evening, just after 5:00 p.m., a man in his 60s was driving on Jerusalem Boulevard in Holon and… Read More
Father, Son, Best Friend, All EMTs, Perform Successful CPR on Cardiac Arrest Victim in Migdal Ha’Emek July 5, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Friday afternoon in Migdal Ha’Emek, a man in his 60s was going about his day when he suddenly suffered… Read More
Medical Staff and EMTs Save The Life Of Choking Resident in a Senior’s Home in Kiryat Ata July 5, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday around noon, a 62-year-old man choked on a boureka that he was eating in a nursing home in… Read More
“Like One Of Our Children” – Ten Kavod Yokneam The Story of Daniel Goldman and Nissim and Jacqueline Ben-Ezra July 4, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features - Daniel Goldman - Daniel Goldman is a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah and has been part of the Ten Kavod… Read More
Sweet Success For The Second Time July 3, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - On Friday afternoon in Rechovot, a 5-year-old girl was enjoying a lollipop on the street with her parents. The candy… Read More
Tel Aviv Man Revived After Nearly Drowning on Shabbat July 3, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Shabbat evening just before 7:00 p.m., a man was in the water in the ski lake in Begin Park… Read More
First Time’s a Charm July 3, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - At around 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, a 2-year-old girl with a background of medical illnesses and complications and several catheterizations… Read More
A Shining Light and a Breath of Fresh Air June 28, 2022 Posted in: Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - Suzanna Sharivker- Suzanna is a student studying water industry engineering in the Kinneret Academic College. She originally hails from… Read More
Choking During Snack Time June 28, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday afternoon at around 4:30 p.m., a 3-and-a-half-year-old boy was visiting his grandparents in Beit Shemesh and eating an… Read More
Septuagenarian Collapses Outside Government Office In Be’er Sheva, Saved By EMT Who Worked in the Building June 27, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Just after 12:00 p.m. on Monday, a man in his 70s was walking down Herzl Boulevard in Be’er Sheva outside… Read More
Treating An Injured Motorcyclist Amid A Field Transfer June 27, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday night at around 11:00 p.m., a 35-year-old motorcyclist was racing along the dimly lit streets in the northern… Read More
Arab Man Shot in Tamra, Rescued By First Responders June 26, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Wednesday night at around 9:30 p.m., a 45-year-old man was in the soccer field in Tamra, an Arab city… Read More
Muslim Paramedic Joins Collaborative Operation To Rescue Jewish Ukrainian Refugees June 23, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, Women Volunteers - On June 21st, two Ukrainian refugees began the final leg of their journey to a new home in Israel. In… Read More
After Nearly Drowning in a Local Pool, 4-Year-Old Boy Saved By a Lifeguard and First Responders June 23, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - At around 1:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, a 4-year-old boy was swimming in a pool in Pardes Chana when he… Read More
Saving A Suspected Overdose Patient June 19, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Friday morning at around 9:00 a.m., a 35-year-old man suddenly lost consciousness in his room in a hostel in… Read More
Multi-Faith Mass Casualty Incident Training Exercise Held In Ramla June 15, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, Education and training, Press - United Hatzalah of Israel held a mass casualty incident training exercise on Wednesday evening in Park Ofer in Ramla. The… Read More
Two Severe Anaphylactic Shock Victims Are Saved in Less Than An Hour By EMTs Carrying Epipens June 14, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Tuesday morning just after 11:00 a.m., a young girl suffered an anaphylactic reaction to milk products while attending classes… Read More
Psychotrauma Support Following Saturday’s Fatal Accident – A Delicate Balance June 13, 2022 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - On Shabbat morning at around 5:00 a.m., 4 drunken teenagers were driving in a fast-moving vehicle down the highway and… Read More
Nahariya Man Collapses Mid-Exercise At A Local Gym June 9, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Wednesday in Nahariya, at around 8:00 p.m., a 50-year-old man was performing his intense exercise regimen in a local… Read More
Small Acts Can Make A Big Difference June 9, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday at around 2:30 p.m., a 60-year-old man sitting on a chair in a subterranean parking garage in Tel… Read More
Saving A Life With The Press of a Button June 6, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Friday night at around 9:00 p.m, a 64-year-old man lost consciousness in a synagogue in the Ezrat Torah neighborhood… Read More
Man Collapses on Shabbat Morning In Pisgat Ze’ev, Wakes Up on Shavuot, Thanks To Quick Acting EMTs June 6, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Shabbat morning at approximately 11:00 a.m. a man in his late 40s suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and collapsed… Read More
A Thousand Little Shards June 2, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - By Dvir Adani I arrive at the scene, turn off my siren, and cut the engine of my ambucycle. … Read More
Teenage Arab Boy Injured in Umm al-Fahm Firefight Rescued By Jewish and Arab First Responders June 2, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Just before midnight on Tuesday in Umm al- Fahm, sounds of gunshots blared through the city. The attack was on… Read More
A Heart Stopping Talmud Lesson June 1, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday evening at around 8:00 p.m., a man in his seventies lost consciousness during a Gemara lesson in a… Read More
Givataym Jogger Undergoes Successful CPR After Collapsing Mid-Stride June 1, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Sunday night just before 10:00 p.m., a man in his 30s was jogging down HaKnesset Street in Givatayim when… Read More
Right Before my Eyes May 31, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Wednesday at around 10:00 p.m., a young man riding an electric scooter was involved in a crash with a… Read More
Strength to Overcome The Hardships of Life – Ten Kavod Ashdod The story of Rivka Yankovitz and Tamar Felish May 30, 2022 Posted in: Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - Strength to Overcome The Hardships of Life - Ten Kavod Ashdod The story of Rivka Yankovitz and Tamar Felish … Read More
Making sure breakfast’s Bracha Rishona wasn’t a Bracha Achrona May 30, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - At around 9:15 on Friday morning, a 75-year-old man was eating breakfast in the kitchen of his home in Afula… Read More
Beginning Yom Yerushalayim With Saving A Life and Hallel May 29, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday morning just after 8:30 a.m., a worker in a school on Shalom Sharabi Street told one of his… Read More
Greater New York Community Raises $6 Million for United Hatzalah of Israel May 26, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, Press - On Tuesday evening at Pier 60 in Chelsea Piers, over 1,000 people gathered together in support of Israel’s premier fully… Read More
The Cherry on Top May 23, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers - On Sunday, a few minutes before midnight, a 77-year-old woman was found by her caretaker unconscious in her bed in… Read More
Of Cows, Coffee, and Successful CPR May 22, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday morning at around 7:00 a.m., a group of 5 workers in the cowshed of Kibbutz Yagur were drinking… Read More
Bus Driver Stops 50 Passenger Bus to Treat Victims of Three Car Accident Near The Dead Sea May 19, 2022 Posted in: Press - On Wednesday afternoon at around 4:30 p.m., a three-car accident occurred on Highway 90 near the Dead Sea chemical factories.… Read More
Deceased Man Triggers Tough Memories for Responding EMT May 18, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers - On Sunday night a man was found unconscious in his car on Ben-Zvi Street in Tel Aviv. Police responded to… Read More
“The Angel of Death” Paramedic Reflects on Meron One Year Later May 17, 2022 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features - By Avi Marcus I felt like the angel of death last year in Meron. I was supposed to leave the… Read More
I’m an Israeli first responder. The Meron disaster taught me the importance of mental health May 17, 2022 Posted in: Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features - By Dov Maisel It’s been a year since one of the most harrowing civilian tragedies ever experienced in Israel —… Read More
Three Bedouin Injured In Violent Clash In Northern Israel May 17, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - A few minutes after 9:00 p.m. on Saturday night, Israel's emergency services were called due to a violent fight between… Read More
Search For Missing Man On Ashkelon Coast Results In Dramatic ATV Rescue May 16, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - A man in his 20s was reported missing last night (Sunday) around 7:30 p.m. His last known whereabouts were on… Read More
Dramatic Helicopter Rescue Saves 12-Year-Old Boy After Remote Hiking Injury May 16, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Wednesday, a little bit before 1:00 p.m., a group of hikers in the Arbel Nature Reserve near Migdal called… Read More
One Killed In Accident On Highway 6 Near Kiryat Gat The Two Others Left Injured May 15, 2022 Posted in: Press - On Sunday morning at around 7:00 a.m., a fatal two-car accident occurred near the Kiryat Gat interchange on highway 6,… Read More
Taking a Break from Martial Arts to Save a Life May 15, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - On Wednesday evening at around 7:30 p.m., a 68-year-old man lost consciousness in a Ramle synagogue during evening prayer services.… Read More
Special Rescue Operation Brings Three Bedridden Elderly Ukrainian RefugeesTo Israel For Medical Care May 12, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press - Early Thursday morning a plane landed at Ben Gurion airport bringing with it three bedridden elderly Ukrainian refugees who were… Read More
Hanging Out Like Old Friends May 12, 2022 Posted in: Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - Elisheva Meier- Elisheva is a 42-year-old wife and mother of 5 who made Aliyah with her family to Neve… Read More
The Night My Life Became Abnormal Dealing With The Aftermath of The Elad Terror Attack May 12, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - By: Moshe Sa’adon Sunday morning was relatively normal, after 3 incredibly busy days. The kind of days I have… Read More
“Real Life Angels Exist” May 11, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - By Dina Shoval Last Friday night was one of the most harrowing nights that I have ever experienced in my… Read More
After a Shooting in the Arab-Israeli Community or Arraba, Violence Boils Over as First Responders Are Attacked, Again May 10, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - A few minutes before 10:00 p.m., on Sunday evening a 20-year-old man was found shot in the Arab city of… Read More
A Mothers Day Miracle May 8, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Sunday afternoon at around 12:30 in Herzliya, an 86-year-old woman lost consciousness in her bedroom. The woman had just… Read More
After Collapsing In Her Own Kindergarten, Ashdod Teacher Successfully Resuscitated by First Responders May 4, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - Just after 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, a kindergarten teacher in her 40s lost consciousness and collapsed in front of the… Read More
105-Year-Old Haifa Woman Chokes In Her Home, Successfully Resuscitated May 3, 2022 Posted in: Press - On Tuesday morning, a 105-year-old woman choked while eating her breakfast in her own home in Haifa. Both her son-in-law… Read More
Holocaust Survivors Reunite With Long Lost Family Members, Hold Bar Mitzvah Celebration at age of 92 May 2, 2022 Posted in: Press, Uncategorized - Walter and Oscar Blau, a pair of Holocaust survivor brothers from Israel, were sure they were the only ones in… Read More
Visits to a Senior Citizen With a Heart Full of Love April 28, 2022 Posted in: Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - Talia Asher- Talia is 60 years old. She resides in Mevaseret, where she was born and raised and where her… Read More
Being There For Others In Their Time of Need – The Story Of A Pesach Rescue April 28, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles - On Thursday night (Erev Shvi'i Shel Pesach), Rabbi Shalom Zohar was at synagogue in Kfar Saba in the middle of… Read More
Telling The Story Of How I Survived The Holocaust Through Art April 27, 2022 Posted in: Ten Kavod - Written by Sarah Bechor and Daniel Yaron. Adapted from the original translation by Raphael Poch. In this picture, you see… Read More
Baby Girl Born Three Years After Her Father’s Life Was Saved, Both By The Same EMT April 27, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - On Monday night, a woman went into labor at her home in one of Jerusalem’s northern neighborhoods. Her husband quickly… Read More
Helping One Another Improve April 26, 2022 Posted in: Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features - Yehuda Bar is 27-years-old and is studying industrial design at HIT in Holon. Through the Impact scholarship program, Yehuda started… Read More
Visiting The Elderly Has Made Me a Better Person – Ten Kavod Project Be’er Sheva April 14, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, Press, Ten Kavod - Menachem Ashash- Menachem Ashash is 30-years-old and volunteers as a part of United Hatzalah’s Ten Kavod project. He is… Read More
Man Collapses Outside Shul During Morning Prayers, Resuscitated by Team of Women EMTs April 14, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - At around 7:00 a.m. on Thursday morning a 71-year-old man lost consciousness outside of a synagogue in the Jerusalem neighborhood… Read More
Ashdod Woman Successfully Resuscitated After A Dangerous Fall In Her Home April 14, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday at around 6:30 p.m., United Hatzalah’s dispatch center received a notification that a 75-year-old woman had lost consciousness… Read More
More Than 500 Seniors Living Alone Receive Gift Packages For Pesach As Part of National Drive To Care For The Elderly Ahead of the Holiday April 13, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, Press, Ten Kavod, Women Volunteers - During the past week, more than 500 senior citizens who live by themselves, received gift packages containing matzah and wine… Read More
Emergency on a Tennis Court: Rehovot Man Collapses Mid-Game and is Successfully Resuscitated April 12, 2022 Posted in: Press - On Sunday night, a 52-year-old gentleman was playing a heated game of tennis in a Recreation Center in Rehovot when… Read More
Adelson Family Sponsors Flights for 500 Ukrainian Refugees to Israel With Operation Orange Wings, Reuniting Many With Israeli Family Members April 6, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press - Members of the Adelson family, Children of Dr. Miriam Adelson and the late Sheldon Adelson, recently sponsored flights for more… Read More
Helmsley Trusts Donates Over $1 Million in aid for Ukrainian refugees April 5, 2022 Posted in: Press, Vehicles - On Wednesday, a cargo plane full of medications, medical supplies, food, and humanitarian aid departed Ben Gurion airport in Israel… Read More
Three Holocaust Survivors Rescued From Kyiv Brought To Poland For Care and Safety April 5, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, UH Volunteer Features - By Aharon Ben Arush A few days ago, amid air raid sirens and bombings, we were fortunate enough to rescue… Read More
45-Year-Old Man Resuscitated in Mevaseret Zion After Choking on His Food April 5, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features - Emergency medical personnel from United Hatzalah in Mevaseret were dispatched to a medical emergency on Monday evening that took place… Read More
Saving a Life Across The Street From My Home April 4, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, Press, UH Volunteer Features - On Monday at around 8:15 a.m., an 88-year-old woman lost consciousness in the retirement home of Ma’ale Adumim. Her husband,… Read More
Saving a Life in a Jerusalem Supermarket April 1, 2022 Posted in: Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers - On Monday afternoon at around 4:00 p.m., a worker in a local supermarket in Jerusalem lost consciousness and collapsed between… Read More
A True Friendship Between a Muslim and Jew March 30, 2022 Posted in: Coexistence, Women Volunteers - Written by Sarah Bechor: I met Ranya Abu Sha’ban a few years back. I was told that out of all… Read More
Sheryl Sandberg, Meta COO and Founder of Lean In and Option B, Donates $1 Million to Support United Hatzalah’s Relief Efforts For Ukrainian Refugees March 28, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, Women Volunteers - United Hatzalah, the volunteer-based emergency medical services organization based in Israel with a standing presence across the U.S., announced today… Read More
After A Month Without Medication Ukrainian Refugee In Serious Condition Receives Medical Care At Moldova Border March 28, 2022 Posted in: Coexistence, International Rescue Missions, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - On Saturday, a team operating today on the Palanca border between Ukraine and Moldova identified long queues on the Ukrainian side… Read More
A Firsthand Look From The Ground As Part of Operation Orange Wings March 27, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - By: Hadas Rucham "So, how was it???" I returned from the United Hatzalah humanitarian aid delegation to the Ukrainian border… Read More
Three Weeks At The Ukrainian Border – There and Back Again March 22, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers - By Vicki Tiferet- Three weeks ago, I flew out of Israel with a pioneer team of United Hatzalah volunteers… Read More
Learning A Message of Kindness From Moldovan Car Mechanics In Support of Ukrainian Refugees March 21, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press, UH Volunteer Features - By Shay Reitzes- On the United Hatzalah delegation to Ukraine, we met so many incredible people, people, who like us,… Read More
Helping Ukrainian Refugees Through The Present Into An Uncertain Future March 20, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, Women Volunteers - When you arrive on the border of a war zone, you expect to be doing a certain kind of work.… Read More
A Small Miracle On Ta’anit Esther Brings A Jewish Ukrainian Refugee Home on Purim, Reunited With His Daughter March 18, 2022 Posted in: Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press, Women Volunteers - On Wednesday morning, a small miracle took place in the middle of a refugee center in Chisinau, Moldova. A disabled… Read More
The Stuffed Animals My Children Gave To Ukrainian Refugees At The Moldovan Border March 15, 2022 Posted in: International Rescue Missions, Press - By: Raphael Poch I landed in Chisinau early this morning, as part of United Hatzalah’s 3rd wave of volunteer medical… Read More