Category Archives: UH Technology

Following Recent Wave of Terror Attacks, United Hatzalah Conducts Simulated Mass Casualty Incident Training Drill for Women

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Elias Romano

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 →

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United Hatzalah Hit By Tens of Thousands of Cyber Attacks

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Elias Romano

Over the past two weeks, United Hatzalah of Israel has been hit with tens of thousands of cyberattacks as part of the larger hacker attack against Israeli institutions known as OpIsrael. The attacks, which have put a major focus on … Continue reading →

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Looking Back on Our Time In Turkey

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Elias Romano

By Yossi Cohen We were walking into the unknown, unaware of the destruction that awaited us out there amongst the rubble. Without knowing our fate, we banded together with the vision of saving lives clear in our minds.  Our journey … Continue reading →

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By Land, By Sea, and Now… By Air: United Hatzalah inaugurates air medical unit with 3 medevac helicopters

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Elias Romano

United Hatzalah of Israel inaugurated today its air medical unit (medevac) comprised of three helicopters and 30 flight paramedics. The unit will provide immediate air medical assistance in the north, center, and south of Israel. The helicopters, which are operated … Continue reading →

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United Hatzalah Charters Plane To Send Additional Teams And Supplies to Ukrainian Border and Return 150 Israeli Refugees To Israel

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Raphael Poch

On Thursday morning, a specially chartered plane will depart from Ben Gurion Airport in Israel carrying with it 15 tonnes of medical supplies, food, humanitarian aid, for Ukrainian refugees at the Moldova border. The plane is being sponsored by United … Continue reading →

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New App Connects Electric Scooters To Emergency Dispatchers With The Push Of a Button

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Raphael Poch

Wind, the electric scooter rental company, which operates its services all over Israel, has launched a new feature that allows users to contact United Hatzalah’s call center in case of a real-time need for medical assistance pertaining to both riders … Continue reading →

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Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel Inaugurates The Launch Of Newly Developed Communications Devices For United Hatzalah

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Raphael Poch

Israel’s Minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel, inaugurated on Monday morning, a new line of specially developed advanced communication devices that will now be used by the United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center as well as its network of more than … Continue reading →

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $500,000 for 708 Bullet Proof Vests and Helmets to Protect United Hatzalah Volunteers in the Field

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Raphael Poch

 During the month of May this past year, from the 10th to the 18th, Hamas launched 3,440 rockets at Israeli cities in the Gaza periphery and beyond. Cities including Sderot, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Rehovot, Rishon Lezion, Ramla, Lod, … Continue reading →

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City Transformer and United Hatzalah Strike Partnership To Bring Faster, More Mobile, EMS Care To Israel’s Cities

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Raphael Poch

A new partnership deal was struck between United Hatzalah and City Transformer, a company that makes all-electric compact vehicles for city centers. The agreement will see the EMS organization become the first corporate customer of the innovative urban vehicle. According … Continue reading →

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Dispatchers Called Upon To Leave Shift In Order To Save A Life

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Monday morning just before 1:00 a.m., United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center’s shift was coming to an end, when the dispatchers received an emergency phone call from a patient complaining of difficulty breathing. The patient was located just outside … Continue reading →

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