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The Parents Went to The Hospital, The EMTs Babysat Their Children
On Tuesday United Hatzalah volunteers Chezi Rosenbaum and Tom Elnadiv from Qiryat Malachi each received an alert to a medical emergency in their area. The alert would end up being a lot longer and more involved than their normal medical … Continue reading
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Tagged Babysitting, EMS, EMT, Hospital, Kiryat Malachi, United Hatzalah
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A Father and Son, Partners in Lifesaving
Eli and Nir Revel who reside in Mazkeret Batya have an interesting style of how they spend their father-son bonding time. The pair volunteer together with United Hatzalah as first responders and both are trained EMTs. They respond to emergency … Continue reading
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Tagged Bond, EMS, EMT, Family, Father and Son, Father Son, Israel, Mazkeret Batya, Parents, United Hatzalah
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Lawyer Collapses on Way to Work Rescued By Volunteer EMTs
A week ago, an emergency call came in to United Hatzalah’s Dispatch center regarding a man in need of medical assistance on Hamgshimim Street in Petach Tikvah. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shimi Ezer from Elad, was the first responder to … Continue reading
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Tagged CPR, EMS, EMT, First Responders, Israel, Petach Tikvah, United Hatzalah
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From IDF to EMS – a First Responder Brings New Life Into the World
Aviad Ketabi is a United Hatzalah volunteer who is very active in Hadera where he lives. A busy father of 3, Aviad is a veteran of Sayeret Matkal, an elite unit in the IDF. Throughout his military career, the soldier … Continue reading
United Hatzalah Tests Out New Sonar Device For Locating Drowning Victims Ahead of Swimming Season
On Monday, United Hatzalah completed its successful testing of the new Sonar device that is now fully operational aboard its ambuboat, Salty Mec II. The boat is the newest addition to its fleet of water rescue vehicles on the Kinneret … Continue reading
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Tagged Diving rescue, EMS, EMT, Galilee, Israel, Kinneret, Sonar, Tiberias, Underwater rescue
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Building Resilience By Responder Intervention One Call At A Time
It isn’t always about terror attacks or mass casualty incidents. Most often, the work of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit (PCRU) is quiet and emotionally straining. This quiet work of providing support to people undergoing an acute stress reaction … Continue reading
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Tagged EMS, EMT, Hadera, Israel, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, United Hatzalah
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Friends of United Hatzalah L.A. Gala – Enabling Our Community in Helping Israel
On Thursday, February 28th, 2019, United Hatzalah of Israel will be holding its first ever Gala evening in Los Angeles, California. The event will be aimed at generating opportunities for people in Southern California to get involved with Israel’s all-volunteer … Continue reading
Saving a Teacher of Torah
A wizened and respected Torah sage was in the middle of Shabbat afternoon prayers when he felt extremely weak and collapsed unconscious in his own synagogue in Bnei Brak. Mordechai Tzvi Noyman, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was praying at … Continue reading
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Tagged Bnei Brak, CPR, EMS, EMT, Rabbi, Shul, Synagogue, Torah, United Hatzalah
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Three Volunteer Women Assist in a Home Birth in Beit Shemesh That Took Less Than Ten Minutes
At 4:48 a.m on Sunday morning, United Hatzalah volunteers in Beit Shemesh were alerted to an emergency via the Health Ministry’s new application. Two volunteers from the women’s unit of the organization as well as one volunteer from the Midwives … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambulance, Beit Shemesh, birth, Childbirth, EMT, Israel, midwife, mommy and baby, United Hatzalah, Women, Women's Health, Women's Unit
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A Moving Meeting Between a Man and the People Who Saved His Life
The last day of 2018 in Mevaseret Tzion, Tomer Greenzeid, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT was heading to work when his emergency phone application alerted him to a medical emergency in his vicinity. A 67-year-old man suffered respiratory distress and … Continue reading
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Tagged Community, CPR, Emergency, EMS, EMT, Family, Israel, Mevaseret, Paramedic, United Hatzalah
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