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An Extraordinary Meeting Takes Place in Dimona
Two weeks ago, a meeting took place on a bus in Dimona that was quite out of the ordinary. The thing that made it extraordinary was not that only one of the people recognized the other, nor was it that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bus, CPR, Dimona, EMS, EMT, lifesaving, United Hatzalah, Yosef Asor
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Saying Thank You
On Thursday, a man walked into United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem. He asked the first person he saw, “When someone calls in an emergency who answers the phone? Where is your dispatch center?” Moshe Levy, a volunteer EMT with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, CPR, EMT, Jerusalem, Moshe Mizrachi, Thank you
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Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit Responds to Yom Ha’atzmaut Fatality
The Kiryat Gat Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel have gotten used to seeing United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit in action over the past few months, so said Team Leader Yaakov Weinberg in a thank you note to the … Continue reading
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Tagged CPR, EMS Eli Beer, EMT, Kiryat Gat, Psychotrauma, Yaakov Weinberg, Yom haatzmaut
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American Heart Association Taps United Hatzalah To Be Official Training Partner in Israel
The American Heart Association (AHA) boasts some 700 international training centers throughout the world. According to Glenn Vanden Houten, the AHA’s Regional Director for Europe and Africa, “United Hatzalah became one of our authorized training centers. We are proud that … Continue reading
Two EMTs playing an April Fools Joke End Up Saving a Life in the Process
Late Saturday night on April 1st, two EMTs, Dvir Adani and Moshe Mizrachi, decided that they would play an April Fool’s joke on their friends. The pair of United Hatzalah volunteers were driving past Ben Gurion airport on their way … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Gurion Airport, CPR, Dvir Adani, EMS, EMT, Heart-attack, Moshe Mizrachi, United Hatzalah
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Why I Give Up My Time To Help Others – the Story of A Bat Yam EMT
Yoni Uziyahu lives and works in Bat Yam, and has been an EMS volunteer first responder for the past four years. As part of his responsibilities as a volunteer first responder, Yoni leaves his home, his family and his work, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, CPR, Eli Beer, EMT, United Hatzalah, Yoni Uziyahu
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Why EMS Volunteers in Israel Never Call it Quits
It happens at least once in the career of every EMS (Emergency medical services) worker or volunteer. Someone called quits on a cardiac patient, but you know deep down that if you just keep on doing compressions, you will save … Continue reading
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Tagged CPR, Doron Betzaleli, Eli Beer, EMS, EMT, United Hatzalah
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Volunteer EMT Orders a Pizza and Saves Two Lives
Last week Thursday at 7:00 pm, Yuval Mizrachi, who just two months ago became a father for the first time, was sent out by his wife to pick up a pizza for dinner. He had just picked up a family-sized … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, CPR, Family, Pizza, United Hatzalah, Yuval Mizrachi
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Saving Lives is All in the Family: Elderly Man Saved By Grandson’s EMT Colleagues Lives to See Granddaughter Marry Volunteer EMT
On November 8th, an 82-year-old man collapsed on the street in Holon, he was standing near a shop window when he suffered a heart attack. Emergency services were called and volunteers from Israel’s national volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization … Continue reading
Daycare Teacher Saves Choking Child by Following Instructions Provided by Volunteer Israel EMS Organization
On Tuesday, a two-year-old child choked on a banana that he was eating while in daycare in Bnei Brak. The daycare teacher who followed the instructions provided to her by United Hatzalah, saved the child’s life. Uzi Barak, a volunteer … Continue reading