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United Hatzalah Volunteers Leave CPR Practice Session To Save Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Elias Romano

On Friday morning, United Hatzalah volunteers from the Mishor Hachof – Merhav Dror chapter gathered at the chapter’s “Volunteer House” (supply and training center) in Ra’anana for a practice session intended to strengthen the EMTs’ proficiency in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). … Continue reading →

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Local Resident and Passing Drivers Save A Life In Kibbutz Nachshon

Posted on December 16, 2021 by admin

At around 2:15 p.m., on Monday, United Hatzalah volunteer Omri Shafts received an urgent notification of an emergency occurring nearby. An 80-year-old man was suffering from a seizure in his home in Nahshon, a kibbutz in central Israel. Omri was … Continue reading →

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Saving a Life on the Side of a Highway

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Thursday morning a little after 8:00 a.m., a man in his 60s lost consciousness while driving with his friends. After succeeding at stopping the car safely at the entrance to Har Yonah, his friends extricated him from the vehicle, … Continue reading →

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Quick Intervention By EMTs Saves The Life Of A Holon Man

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Monday morning just after 10:00 a.m., a 75-year-old man who suffers from a disability fell from his wheelchair and sustained a serious head injury on Sderot Yerushalayim Street. The man was semi-conscious and confused when his wife called United … Continue reading →

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From Selichot To Lifesaving

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Sunday morning at 3:40 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Hillel Hamoi was just preparing to go to bed. He had just come home from Jerusalem, where he attended Selichot prayers with a number of friends from Holon. As he … Continue reading →

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After a Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Quick Intervention By EMTs Saves Rehovot Man’s Life

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Volunteer EMT Micah Shalom hails from the bustling city of Rehovot, just south of Tel Aviv. At approximately 12:30 A.M. on Friday morning, Micah returned home exhausted from a late-night business meeting. The EMT was just about to hop in … Continue reading →

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Doing Everything I Can to Help

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Just before 3:00 a.m. on Monday morning, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shadi Shawar, who lives in the largely Muslim neighborhood of Beit Hanina and works as a manager in customer service in a supermarket, was just finishing his shift when … Continue reading →

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United Hatzalah Holds Commemorative Ceremony for the Fallen in the Meron Tragedy

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Raphael Poch

President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer did during the event which took place at the Toldos Aharon section of Meron in front of 300 volunteer first responders and family members of the fallen: “When I first heard the … Continue reading →

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3:00 A.M. Rescue In Jerusalem

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Raphael Poch

This morning, just before 3:00 a.m., a 56-year-old mother suffered a heart attack and collapsed at her home in Jerusalem. Her worried daughter called United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and command center for assistance. The dispatcher alerted the closest responders in the … Continue reading →

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The Strangest Life Saving CPR I’ve Ever Encountered

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Raphael Poch

On Monday morning, just after 10:00 a.m. a woman in her 80s slipped in the shower and lost consciousness in her home on Sokolov Street in Ramat Gan.   United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Avi Wilman was out shopping with his wife … Continue reading →

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