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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
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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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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Tagged baby, birth, Chanukah, CPR, death, EMS, EMT, Hannukah, Israel, Rehovot, United Hatzalah, volunteers
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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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United Hatzalah Introduces New Midwives Division
As of July 1st, United Hatzalah of Israel introduced a new division of services that will now dispatch trained midwives and OB-GYN nurses to incidents of unexpected home births. Midwives and nurses who have joined the program will now be … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, Dr. Aryeh Jaffe, EMS, EMT, Gitty Beer, home birth, infant, Midwives, Newborn, United Hatzalah
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A Speedy Volunteer Assists in Delivering a Speedy Baby
Last Sunday morning, United Hatzalah volunteer Koby Absturdy helped a woman give birth to her sixth child in the family’s bathtub. “The entire thing happened so fast that just a few minutes after I arrived the baby had been born,” … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, baby girl, birth, Delivery, Eli Beer, EMS, EMT, Holon, Koby Absturdy, pregnancy, United Hatzalah, Volunteer
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Story From the Streets Yishai Gavra – A Solomonic Tale of Two Children
I remember the incident like it was yesterday. Some incidents you simply don’t forget, especially when they involved the birth of your first son. On July 11th, I was at home in Zichron Yaakov with my very pregnant wife … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, birth, Choking, Eli Beer, EMS, EMT, United Hatzalah, Yishai Gavra, Zichron Yaakov
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