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Tag Archives: Cardiac Arrest
EMTs Visit Heart Attack Victim Whose Life They Saved
On Tuesday night, just after midnight, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Lior Filshteiner was winding down in his home in Hod Hasharon after a long day of volunteering in the ICU at the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba. After Lior’s … Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles
Tagged Ambucycle, Cardiac Arrest, CPR, Emergency, EMS, first responder, Hospital, Israel, United Hatzalah
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A Purim Miracle – “It Feels Like I Won The Lottery”
On Friday afternoon, just after 1:00 p.m., a man in his 60s suffered a cardiac arrest in his own furniture store in the industrial section of Holon. The man collapsed on the floor and worried onlookers called emergency services for … Continue reading
Posted in Press, UH Volunteer Features
Tagged Cardiac Arrest, CPR, EMS, first responder, Hoiday, Holon, Israel, Miracle, Purim, United Hatzalah
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Stepping Up To Save A Life When No One Else Is Around
On Shabbat morning, just after 10 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Avraham Farkash was walking to synagogue in the town Ma’ale Hever when he was alerted to a nearby medical emergency. Avraham’s communications device notified him of the address, which … Continue reading
Posted in Press, UH Volunteer Features
Tagged Ambulance, Cardiac Arrest, CPR, EMS, EMT, Judea, Ma'aleh Hever, neighbor, Rescue, Shabbat, Shabbos, United Hatzalah
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These Contagious Acts Of Lifesaving and Loving Kindness
On Monday afternoon, just after 3:00 p.m. a man in his 60s standing in the check-out line of a local supermarket on Jabotinsky Street in Ramat Gan suddenly collapsed. As the man fell, he hit his head on the check-out … Continue reading
Posted in Press, UH Volunteer Features
Tagged Ambucycle, Cardiac Arrest, CPR, EMS, EMT, head injury, Israel, Ramat Gan, Rescue, super market, United Hatzalah
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Why We Need To Carry Oxygen At All Times
One evening, a few months ago just after 8 p.m., a 47-year-old man from Givat Ko’ach, a small moshav bordering the central plains of Israel, went out for an evening jog. During his run, he suddenly collapsed and fell unconscious … Continue reading
Posted in Press, Uncategorized
Tagged Cardiac Arrest, CPR, EMS, EMT, first responder, Israel, jogging, oxygen, running, United Hatzalah
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EMT Saves Her Own Husband’s Life
Geulah Pollak has been a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT for the past 4 years. She has previous experience as a first responder but took hiatus for about 10 years prior to joining United Hatzalah due to a mild injury. “I … Continue reading
Posted in UH Volunteer Features, Uncategorized
Tagged Ambulance, Cardiac Arrest, Child, EMS, EMT, Heart-attack, Hospital, husband, lifesaver, Marriage, stent, wife
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Saving A Life In a 12 Minute Traffic Jam
Yossi Rotenberg works as the deputy director of a branch of Shufersal in the center of the country. This past Friday afternoon, Yossi had just left work and was on his way to drop off some supplies for his daughter … Continue reading
You Saved My Life, You Are My Angels
Shai Romano and Moti Tzulshan are volunteer EMTs with United Hatzalah in Netanya. On Sunday they went to visit Elirav Zarchia, a patient at Laniado hospital whom they treated a week previously. A week earlier, the pair received an … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardiac Arrest, CPR, electric Bicycle, EMS, EMT, first responder, Netanya, shop owner, Store
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Emergency Doctor Resuscitated By Volunteers Gives Back
Just before Pesach an emergency doctor from Terem in Kiryat Gat, Dr. Matthew Friedman, surprised the crowd at the city’s United Hatzalah volunteer EMT graduation ceremony when he presented a newly graduated volunteer EMT with a defibrillator. What made this … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardiac Arrest, CPR, defibrillator, Dr. Matthew Friedman, EMS, EMT, Kiryat Gat, Terem, Terem Health Clinic
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