Monthly Archives: December 2020

The Post Office Can Wait

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Raphael Poch

Two months ago, on Monday afternoon, an accident had occurred on Ramatayim Street in Hod Hasharon. A motorcyclist had crashed into the back of a truck, causing the rider to be thrown onto the pavement. A passerby immediately called United … Continue reading →

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Paying Attention To The Details When Assisting Patients in Shock

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Raphael Poch

Last Tuesday morning, an elderly woman, with a history of multiple chronic medical issues, collapsed and hit her head in her home located in the city of Ramla. When the woman’s son came home, he arrived to find his mother … Continue reading →

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Community Volunteers Cooperate to Transport Elderly and Disabled to their Vaccinations During Lockdown

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Raphael Poch

United Hatzalah has partnered with the group Yad Beyad for the Development of Mevaseret Zion, a non-profit, in a new project transporting people over 60 and the disabled who qualify to receive the Coronavirus vaccine, in cases when their access … Continue reading →

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Inbar & Marius Nacht Family Foundation Assists In Providing Oxygen For Israeli EMS Workers

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Raphael Poch

Throughout the year 2020, United Hatzalah has been at the forefront of providing a medical and humanitarian response to people in need during the Covid-19 crisis in Israel. The magnitude of this response was made possible in part by the … Continue reading →

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Taking A Break From Coffee To Save A Life

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Raphael Poch

Ebud Beker is a Muslim United Hatzalah volunteer EMT hailing from the Al-Bustan neighborhood in East Jerusalem. This past Friday, Ebud was enjoying a coffee with his two brothers at a local coffee shop when his emergency communications device began … Continue reading →

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Providing Better Care For My Patients By Befriending Fellow First Responders

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Raphael Poch

Yitzhak Sheinberg, a United Hatzalah volunteer from Haifa, works as a nurse’s assistant for a local health clinic. He is married and has two children. Since the summer, Yitzhak has also been working as a Covid-19 test-taker and has been … Continue reading →

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Giving The Gift Of Oxygen To a Convulsing Man

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Raphael Poch

Last week on Friday night, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Gilad Orbach was sitting down for the Shabbat meal with his family at his home in Talmei Yechiel, when all of a sudden his communication device began to ring, disturbing the … Continue reading →

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Caring For The Elderly on Chanukah

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Raphael Poch

Over the course of the Chanukah holiday, United Hatzalah’s Ten Kavod (giving honor) project teamed up with the Ner Levi non-profit and the municipality of Beit Shemesh and distributed winter packages containing blankets and warm clothing to senior citizens in … Continue reading →

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A Pandemic Through an EMT’s eyes: 10 United Hatzalah Volunteers Share What They’ve Learned Being on the Frontlines

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Raphael Poch

How have the challenges of Covid-19 affected first responders in Israel on a day-to-day basis? In their own words, 10 volunteers of United Hatzalah from diverse backgrounds share how they have become better EMTs and what has kept them going … Continue reading →

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A Touching Start To The Day

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Raphael Poch

On Sunday morning just after 7:00 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yoel Sarfati was returning home from synagogue when he was alerted by his communications device to a nearby medical emergency. Throwing his coat back on, Yoel rushed over to … Continue reading →

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