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Category Archives: Education and training
Following Recent Wave of Terror Attacks, United Hatzalah Conducts Simulated Mass Casualty Incident Training Drill for Women
On Friday morning, United Hatzalah, Israel’s national volunteer-based EMS organization, held a simulated mass casualty incident (MCI) training drill that simulated a terror attack on a bus. The drill involved the response of dozens of emergency medical personnel, all of … Continue reading
Four Months After EMT Died In Motorcycle Accident, His Widow Follows In His Footsteps and Volunteers for United Hatzalah
Last December, Yoel Souisa Z”L, a Dimona resident and United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was riding his ambucycle (emergency motorcycle) on Highway 25 in the Negev when he was struck by a car that carelessly inserted itself into the highway from … Continue reading
Emergency medical services face challenges in Bedouin villages, new program seeks to build trust and awareness
How do first responders find the location of a nearby emergency in a village where there are no roads or addresses? This is one of the challenges for emergency medical services when responding to emergencies in Bedouin villages in the … Continue reading
Joint Drill Simulates Major Fire In Wooded Area
On Tuesday, a joint training drill practicing the combined response of emergency services to a major fire was conducted near the villages of Kfar Oranim and Lapid. Large teams from the Israeli Police, the Fire and Rescue Department, and United … Continue reading
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Tagged Drill, Fire, Fire and Rescue, MCI, Police, United Hatzalah
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Woman with end-stage cancer fulfills her wish and graduates from EMT training course
Last week, Omer Rotem, a 44-year-old resident of Midreshet Ben Gurion in the Negev, graduated from United Hatzalah’s EMT training course. It was a moving moment for her, as it is for the dozens of other Israelis who graduate from … Continue reading
How To Keep Your Family Safe This Purim
Israel’s national volunteer-based EMS organization United Hatzalah has launched an extensive safety awareness campaign this year in anticipation of Purim. Every year, the organization’s medical teams witness increasingly alarming cases resulting from the use of explosives, firecrackers, and other dangerous … Continue reading
Joint Training Drill Simulates Devastating Blaze At Housing Complex For the Disabled in Bnei Brak
On Monday morning in Bnei Brak, a joint training drill simulating the response of combined emergency services to a residential building fire at a housing complex for disabled youth was conducted by United Hatzalah, Fire and Rescue services, the Israeli … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleh, Drill, Fire Department, Israeli Police, Mayanei hayeshua, MCI, United Hatzalah
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Officials From American Heart Association Visit United Hatzalah Headquarters, Renew Organization’s Training License
Toward the end of November, officials from the American Heart Association (AHA) visited United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem and met with representatives from the organization’s Medical Division. The meeting took place to further the partnership between the two organizations which … Continue reading
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Tagged AHA, American Heart Association, Medical division, United Hatzalah
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United Hatzalah Volunteers Leave CPR Practice Session To Save Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest
On Friday morning, United Hatzalah volunteers from the Mishor Hachof – Merhav Dror chapter gathered at the chapter’s “Volunteer House” (supply and training center) in Ra’anana for a practice session intended to strengthen the EMTs’ proficiency in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). … Continue reading
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Tagged AED, ambucar, Cardiac Arrest, CPR, defibrillator, United Hatzalah
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I Saved My Sister’s Life Thanks To a First Aid Course I Took With The Ten Kavod Project
My name is Moriah Dorfman. I am an 18-year-old girl from Bat Yam and I recently saved the life of my 6-year-old sister. This past June I completed a first-aid course that I took through United Hatzalah as part of … Continue reading