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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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Saving a Life in Two Minutes – A First Person Account
My name is Chaim Stern and I am a United Hatzalah volunteer EMS first responder. A few weeks ago, I was lying in bed reading a book and drifting off to sleep when I received an emergency alert from United … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambulance, CPR, EMS, EMT, first responder, Israel, pre-mature baby, Rescue
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CPR On A Floating Pier Prevents a Fatal Drowning
Last week, a firefighter and a diving instructor walked onto a dock. No, this isn’t some alternative style of joke, it is a real-life rescue mission, one that resulted in the life a 45-year-old man and father of two being … Continue reading
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Tagged Coast Guard, CPR, drowning, Eilat, EMS, EMT, Oren Kauffman, Sophie Donio, United Hatzalah
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A Life-Saving Couple That Saved A Couple Of Lives Over The Weekend
Miri Shvimmer and Lior Eskenasy are an engaged couple who both live in Holon and are both United Hatzalah volunteer responders. In fact, they often ride to emergencies together on Lior’s ambucycle. “Whenever there are calls that need ALS we … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Ambulance, CPR, drowning, EMS, EMT, Holon, Hospital, Israel, lifesaving, Lior Eskenasy, Miri Shvimmer, motorcycle, Paramedic, Tel Aviv, United Hatzalah
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Man Reunites With The Rescuers Who Saved Him From Death
Last week Tuesday, Itai Shukrun, a healthy 35 -year-old from Kiryat Atta with no previous cardiac issues, suddenly collapsed at home. Worried family members called United Hatzalah emergency services and the organization’s Dispatch and Command Center sent an alert to … Continue reading
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Tagged Carmel, CPR, defibrillator, EMS, EMT, Haifa, Rescue, United Hatzalah, Volunteer
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The Boy Who Lived and Those Who Saved Him
Last Wednesday night in the pre-dawn hours at approximately 4:30 a.m. an emergency call was received by United Hatzalah’s national dispatch and command center hotline at 1221. The call came in alerting the dispatch that a 15-year-old boy had lost … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, CPR, Eli Beer, EMS, EMT, Holon, Israel, teenager, Untied Hatzalah, Volunteer
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Doing Whatever It Takes to Save a Life
“My name is Adiel Agassi and I am a United Hatzalah volunteer first responder. I drive an ambucycle, (hybrid between an ambulance and a motorcycle) and live in the town of Alei Zahav in Samaria. On the last day of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adiel Agassi, CPR, Eli Beer, EMS, EMT, Fire and Rescue, Firefighter, Israel, United Hatzalah, Volunteer
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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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