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Israeli Rabbi and EMT Saves Life of a Drowning Victim in India
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and Chabad Rabbi Menachem Bakush was called upon to save the life of a local Indian man who drowned in a nearby village named Majach. Bakush, who lives in Manali, keeps a fully stocked medical kit … Continue reading
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Tagged CPR, EMS, first responder, India, Manali, United Hatzalah
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Last Night I Hugged A Palestinian I Had Never Met Before
The most important thing to realize is that we are all people. Last night I hugged a Palestinian man whom I had never met before outside the southern gate of Efrat, the town in which I live. I, together with … Continue reading
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Tagged CPR, Efrat, Empathy, EMS, EMT, Israel, Judea and Samaria, Palestinian, United Hatzalah
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Tisha B’Av Rescue in Oranit
Just before the end of Tisha B’av on Sunday, United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center received an emergency phone call regarding a man choking in the town of Oranit. The emergency application automatically alerted David Nagar, a United Hatzalah volunteer … Continue reading
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Tagged Breathing, Choking, CPR, EMS, EMT, Israel, Oranit, Samaria, Shaare Tikvah, United Hatzalah
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Recovering Woman Meets With First Responders Who Saved Her Life During the Last Round of Rocket Attacks
Allegra Ben Akan a resident of Kiryat Gat suffered a full system trauma injury from a rocket that was fired by Hamas militants at Israel during the last round of missile attacks from the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, she met … Continue reading
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Tagged CPR, EMS, EMT, first responder, Gaza, Hamas, Kiryat Gat, Rocket Attack, terror
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60 Seconds to Begin CPR – Go!
Recently one Thursday evening, a man was driving home when he suffered a cardiac arrest and lost consciousness in the middle of his evening commute. The man’s vehicle crashed into another car on the busy roadway; terrified witnesses dialed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Car Accident, CPR, EMS, EMT, first responder, Israel, Kiryat Ata, Rescue
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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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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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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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Man Successfully Revived at Western Wall During IDF Swearing in Ceremony
On Thursday evening during the swearing-in ceremony of the Kfir Brigade at the Kotel, a man spontaneously collapsed to the floor. Tair Aviani Carmi whose son was participating in the swearing-in ceremony, was in the crowd and standing just … Continue reading
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Tagged Ceremony, CPR, EMS, EMT, IDF, Jerusalem, Kotel, Rescue, Swearing-In, United Hatzalah, Western Wall
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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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