Tag Archives: Choking
Returning A Life That Was Lost
On Friday afternoon, a 73-year-old Ramla resident with severe chronic medical issues sat down for lunch when he unexpectedly began choking. An alarmed family member called United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center. Volunteer EMT Eveyasaf Shiri was on his way … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambulance, Choking, CPR, elderly, EMS, EMT, Ramla, United Hatzalah
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Woman Saves The Life Of Her Own Daughter Thanks To Her EMT Training
Towards the end of 2019, Roxanne Weinberg took an EMT training course to become a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT so that she could help others. Little did she know that what she learned in the course would save the life … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, Choking, CPR, Daughter, EMS, EMT, Mother, United Hatzalah
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Transforming A Good Deed Into Something Bigger
Kobi Ifargan is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT hailing from the city of Jerusalem. When Kobi is not active in saving lives, he is busy running his hair salon in Jerusalem. One afternoon, a couple of months ago, Kobi was … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle, Choking, e-bike, electirc bicycle, Emegency, EMS, EMT United Hatzalah, first responder, infant
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EMT Saves Two Choking Victims At One Emergency
On Sunday evening United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Gavriel Bitton rescued two people, a father and a daughter from choking at the same incident. Gavriel who hails from Tel Aviv and serves as the team leader for United Hatzalah in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, baby, Choking, EMS, EMT, infant father, Israel, lifesaving, parent, Rescue, Tel Aviv, United Hatzalah
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Saving A Choking Baby- A Truly Meaningful Yom Kippur
On Yom Kippur evening, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Mordecai Holtz, who lives in the town of Neve Daniel, was praying in shul during the special holiday service, when his emergency communication device alerted him to a medical emergency that was … Continue reading
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Tagged Choking, Heimlich Maneuver, Miracle, Prayer, Rescue, Shul, Synagogue, United Hatzalah, Yom Kippur
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Druze Park Ranger and EMT Saves Jewish Choking Infant In Nachal Amud
Afiw Bkreia lives in the town of Peki’in and works as a park ranger in the national park of Nachal Amud in Israel’s Galilee. He is married with one son and is a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah. On Tuesday, … Continue reading
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Tagged Choking, CPR, Druze, hiking, infant, Israel, Mother, Nachal Amud, Rescue, United Hatzalah
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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
EMT Saves Choking Baby He Helped Deliver a Week Prior Then Extricates Stuck Ambulance That Was Trying To Transport The Infant To The Hospital
On Monday evening just after 9:00 p.m., an infant, just barely one-week-old choked and suffered severe aspiration in a small town in Gush Etzion. His mother screamed for help and a neighbor called emergency services. Within less than one minute … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Ambulance, Ariel Drai, birth, Child birth, Choking, EMS, EMT, Israel, Rescue, United Hatzalah
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From Checkout To Choking – A Lifesaving Rescue In Less Than A Minute.
Last Friday at 12:51 P.M. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Ezra Gottlieb was in a supermarket in his hometown of Beitar Illit making his last-minute purchases for Shabbat when United Hatzalah’s dispatch and command center alerted him to a choking child … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Beitar Illit, checkout, Choking, Israel, motorcycles, Shopping, supermarket, United Hatzalah
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Following Rescue Of Chen Danzinger, United Hatzalah and Nurofen For Children Open First Aid Courses Across Beit Shemesh
United Hatzalah has teamed up with Nurofen for Children and set a goal to train 500 parents and residents of Beit Shemesh in providing basic first aid to their families and neighbors in case of a medical emergency. The two … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliza Bloch, Beit Shemesh, Choking, CPR, EMS, Family Safewy, Israel, United Hatzalah
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