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Learning Appreciation From A Miraculous Delivery
On a recent Shabbat at 3:00 a.m. Dov Bash was fast asleep when the broadcast of his United Hatzalah communications device jolted him awake, alerting him to a nearby medical emergency.The volunteer quickly jumped out of bed, threw on some … Continue reading
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A Birth on Highway 4 — A Truly Meaningful Way To Start One’s Day
On Monday morning, one of the most inspiring medical emergencies that can happen took place on Highway 4 just outside of the city of Ashkelon in southern Israel. A husband and wife were on their way to the hospital in … Continue reading
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The Joy That Came From A Baby’s Cry
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Daniel Bokovza had just finished his Shabbat meal with his family when he was alerted by dispatch to a medical emergency. An infant was choking on a street nearby. Immediately, Daniel ran outside to his ambucycle … Continue reading
When A Doctor Arrives To Deliver A Baby On The Side Of The Road
Recently one Thursday afternoon, an 18-year-old man was involved in a car accident in Jerusalem. Having witnessed the accident, a 35-year-old woman had to stop her car behind the vehicles involved. While waiting for the incident to clear, she went … Continue reading
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EMT Is Called To Birth A Sheep and Delivers Twin Lambs
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Fyza Djuma who lives in the Bedouin town of Arab al-Aramshe on Israel’s northern border was called on Wednesday to assist in a different type of medical emergency. He was called to help birth a sheep. … Continue reading
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Delivering a Baby In the Middle of the Desert, In a Different Language
My name is Avigail Beer and I am a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah. I was recently headed to Sinai for a vacation with my friend Naomi Lasry, who is also a volunteer EMT when we received an alert to … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, Bedouin, birth, camping, Delivery, Desert, EMS, EMT, Israel, Negev, Sinai, tent, 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
EMT Delivers New Year’s Baby On His Own Birthday
My name is Avner Ben David, and I learned this week that there is nothing better than helping to bring a new life into the world in the middle of your workday, especially when that workday is your own birthday … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, birth, EMS, EMT, IDF, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, United Hatzalah
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Light Amid The Darkness – Some Thoughts On Chanukah By a First Responder
Monday was a particularly difficult day for our team of first responders in Rehovot. Early in the morning, our team responded to a fatal car accident that saw one person killed and others injured. Soon afterward, another call came over … Continue reading
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A New Birth A New Beginning
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, and Director of the organization’s women’s unit, Gitty Beer was cooking soup for dinner when she was alerted to a woman in labor in her community in Jerusalem. Gitty almost forgot to turn off the stove … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambulance, baby, birth, cooking, Emergency, EMS, EMT, first responder, Gitty Beer, infant, mothers, Paramedic, United Hatzalah
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