Monthly Archives: August 2017

From Pizza to Life Saving, Newly Trained Volunteer Gets Crash Course in How to Drop Everything and Run

This past Saturday night, Yechiel was enjoying pizza with a fellow volunteer when the pair received an urgent alert from United Hatzalah Command Center. A motorcyclist had collided with a car at a nearby intersection. Hearing their radios crackle, the … Continue reading

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United Hatzalah Opens NREMT Training Program for Gap Year/MASA Students

Students attending gap year Israel programs now have an opportunity to participate in Israel’s first officially recognized NREMT trained program. NREMT is the national registry for emergency medical technicians and is the most recognized accreditation for medical first responders in … Continue reading

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Paramedic Saves a Life Thanks to Her Car Breaking Down

On Thursday afternoon, upon finishing her day of filming instructional videos for new emergency medical technicians at United Hatzalah headquarters in Jerusalem, Revital Curiel couldn’t get her car started. The regional paramedic of the organization’s Negev chapter, who also works … Continue reading

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Working Together To Save Lives Inspiring Us All

Friday 10:30 the United Hatzalah dispatch alerts me to an unconscious man nearby to where I live in Pisgat Ze’ev. I’m sitting with my family, having just finished breakfast and my wife is with me. I look at her, she … Continue reading

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United Hatzalah Builds New Chapter in Uman, Ukraine – Organization Now Active in Five Countries

A groundbreaking ceremony took place in Uman, Ukraine on Friday, ahead of the upcoming High-Holiday season. During the ceremony, United Hatzalah inaugurated a new chapter in its fifth country. The Ukranian chapter of United Hatzalah will now be spearheaded from … Continue reading

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Saving Lives Together – EMS Couple Saves Two on Friday

After Miri Shvimmer, a United Hatzalah volunteer paramedic responded to three life saving calls in a few hours with Lior Ashkenazi, a fellow United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, she quipped “One might say we had a productive day.” On Friday afternoon … Continue reading

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United Hatzalah EMT Saves a Life With Local EMS Crew While Lecturing in Wyoming

Gavy Friedson, a former Jerusalemite and a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, saved a young boy in Jackson Hole, Wyoming while he was on tour explaining how the organization works to local EMS teams. During the lecture to the Jackson Hole … Continue reading

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United Hatzalah’s Annual Concert Puts Family in the Spotlight

As we get closer to the beginning of the holiday season, United Hatzalah is gearing up for their annual concert that will take place on Chol Hamoed Sukkot in Binyanei Ha’Umah. As opposed to previous years, this year the organization … Continue reading

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When The Emergencies Keep Coming – EMS Volunteer Responds to 8 Calls In One Evening

Late one evening last week, Avner was alerted to a fire at a store in Tel Aviv and immediately raced to the scene on his ambucycle. A few minutes later, he received an alert that another fire had broken out … Continue reading

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Volunteer EMT Saves a Life Mid-Haricut

On Tuesday, in the middle of receiving a haircut in her hometown of Ra’anana, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shiran Finder received a notification from the national dispatch center alerting her that a person nearby had collapsed and was unconscious. Shiran … Continue reading

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