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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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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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