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Disabled EMT Saves Lives In Israel With Specialized EMS Vehicle
Dan Shmuel heads the Tel Aviv branch of United Hatzalah, a volunteer EMS organization that provides all of its services free fo charge to anyone who needs it, regardless of nationality, race, religion or gender. Dan was injured in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Shmuel, disability, EMS, EMT, first responder, Mini-Lance, Tel Aviv, Traffic, traffic solutions
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United Hatzalah’s Emergency Room Assistance Program Expands to Rabin Medical Center – Rabin Becomes 21st Hospital To Adopt Program
On Monday, United Hatzalah and Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikvah announced a partnership that will see the two entities work together to cut down the waiting time and the overload of patient intake in the medical center’s emergency room … Continue reading
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Tagged Beilinson, emergency room, EMS, EMT, first responder, Hospital, patient care, Rabin Medical Center, Volunteer
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United Hatzalah and Nurofen To Train 500 Residents of Sderot in First Aid
United Hatzalah has teamed up with Nurofen for Children and it has set a goal to train 500 parents and residents of Sderot in providing basic first aid to their families and neighbors in the case of a medical emergency. … Continue reading
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Tagged CPR, EMS, Family, First Aid, Israel, Negev, Nurofen, safety, Sderot, United Hatzalah
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The Tools And Knowledge To Make A Difference
On Sunday evening just before 6:00 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Eli Koon had just gotten home from work when he received an alert from the organization’s dispatch and command center. The notification told him that there was a serious … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, EMS, EMT, Highway, Israel, Israelm Eilot, Jordan, United Hatzalah
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An Angel In Orange And A Midnight Car Accident
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Asheri Angel lives in the quiet town of Nehalim, located next to Petach Tikvah. Ashri has been a volunteer EMT for quite some time and is married and a proud father. One night a few weeks … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Car Accident, EMS, EMT, Israel, Midnight, Ornage, United Hatzalah, volunteering
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A Not-So-Typical Day of Life-Saving In Bnei Brak
Menachem Shechter lives in the city of Bnei Brak in Israel, is a devoted husband and father of three. Menachem runs a shoe store in Bnei Brak and also volunteers as a United Hatzalah EMT and as a Psychotrauma and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Blanket, Bnei Brak, brotherhood, EMS, EMT, Family, Jeep, United Hatzalah
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My Saturday of Saving The Elderly
One recent Saturday morning, Adir received an alert about a 90-year-old man who sustained head and back injuries when he fell in his bathroom. Racing to the given location on his ambucycle, Adir arrived at the victim’s apartment just three … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, EMS, EMT, first responder, Saturday, United Hatzalah, Volunteer
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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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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