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Monthly Archives: December 2019
Bringing Light To Israel’s Elderly On Chanukah and All Year Round
Hundreds of emergency medical service volunteers from United Hatzalah visited with elderly or sick patients in hospitals and elderly people in their homes across the country. The volunteers made these visits in order to share a little bit of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashdod, Assuta Hospital, Efrat, EMS, Kfar Saba, Rishon LeZion, Ten Kavod, United Hatzalah, volunteering, Yitzchak Shamir Medical Center
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Treating An Acute Stress Reaction That Resulted From a Medical Trauma — Psychological First Aid In Action
Irit Ravid is one of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma Crisis and Response Unit (PCRU) responders. She is ready to assist someone suffering emotional or psychological distress at any time of the day or night. A recent medical emergency occurred on her … Continue reading
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Tagged EMS, Israel, Psychological First Aid, Psychotrauma, United Hatzalah
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Dramatic CPR on Train Saves A Life
United Hatzalah paramedic Liad Ohana was traveling by train from his home in Ofakim to Tel Aviv on Monday morning when he heard screams coming from the seat behind him. A man had collapsed and was unconscious. Liad immediately rushed … Continue reading
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Tagged CPR, EMS, Israel Railways, Paramedic, Tel Aviv, Train, United Hatzalah
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Developing Positivity In The Community
One recent afternoon, a worker fell off a newly casted concrete ledge at a water park under construction in Modi’in, landing on a pile of wooden beams. Coworkers urgently called for help. Yigal’s ambucycle outside of the waterpark in Modi’inUnited … Continue reading
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Tagged Amucycle, EMS, EMT, first responder, Israel, Modi'in, motorcycle
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Netflix, Sports & Politics: a Chanukah initiative
(By Sarah Bechor) Let me ask you a question. What do basketball, the courtroom, Christianity, Netflix, modeling, and politics all have in common? Most of the year, absolutely nothing. But this week- the week before Hanukkah- absolutely everything. Amare Stoudemire, … Continue reading
Canadian Philanthropist Can’t Stop Saving Lives In Israel
Renowned International Philanthropist Miles S. Nadal and his family, who previously donated 12 ambucycles to Israel’s national volunteer EMS organization United Hatzalah, arrived in Israel at end of last month, to dedicate the new Miles S. Nadal Family Square outside … Continue reading
Saving Lives on Highway 505
Mordechai Ben-Or lives in the town of Rechelim in Samaria with his wife and three children. The town lies near the junctions of Highway 60 and Highway 505. The highways are both critical access roads each one connecting between towns … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, EMS, EMT, Israeli United Hatzalah, Jewish, Mordechai Ben Or, Palestinian, Samaria
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United Hatzalah Of Israel Raises $7 Million in Six Days
Last Sunday evening at the Avenue Event Hall in Airport City, United Hatzalah held their second annual Israel gala dinner, which followed shortly upon the heels of the 1st annual gala dinner held in Miami, Florida, which took place last … Continue reading
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Tagged Ami Pomeranc, Danielle David, David friedman, Eli Beer, EMS, Florida, Gala, Israel, Laura Schwartz, United Hatzalah
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17-Year-Old Studies Entire Bible To Raise Money For A LifeSaving Emergency Vehicle In Israel
A few weeks ago, Ayelet Wasserman, a 17-year-old girl originally from Los Angeles who now lives with her family in Jerusalem, visited the Jerusalem headquarters of United Hatzalah of Israel to donate an emergency ambucycle. Ayelet started raising money for … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Ayelet Wasserman, Bible, EMS, EMT, Tanach, United Hatzalah
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Leaving My Kids To Save Another — Sacrificing My Time To Save A Life
One evening, a babysitter was looking after some children at their home in Bnei Brak. One little boy, who was severely allergic to milk products, was jealous of his siblings happily munching on pizza. The two-year-old child grabbed a piece … Continue reading