Tag Archives: drowning

7-Month-Old Bedouin Baby Who Drowned In A Pail of Water Revived By Doctor and Volunteer EMT

On Tuesday night, a 7-month-old baby girl drowned in a water bucket at her home in the Bedouin town of Lakiya in the Negev. Her parents brought her to the local HMO clinic, where a doctor immediately alerted emergency services. … Continue reading

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The Power of Prayer – Saving The Life Of A Drowned Man Near The Four Seasons Beach in Netanya

On Monday evening just after 8:00 p.m., a man approached a United Hatzalah ATV that was helping an elderly person traverse the sand by Sanz Beach in Netanya and told the volunteer EMT driver that his son had drowned in … Continue reading

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Kiryat Ono Man Rescued From Local Pool After Drowning

On Friday afternoon, a man in his 50s was swimming at the municipal pool in Kiryat Ono when he suddenly stopped swimming and drowned. The lifeguard on duty saw the man floating on the top of the water unmoving. He … Continue reading

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After Nearly Drowning in a Local Pool, 4-Year-Old Boy Saved By a Lifeguard and First Responders

At around 1:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, a 4-year-old boy was swimming in a pool in Pardes Chana when he suddenly suffered a seizure and began to consume a lot of water, causing him to start drowning. The people around … Continue reading

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Teenage Surfer Rescued From Drowning Near Nitzanim Beach

On Sunday morning just after 8:00 a.m., a teenage boy was surfing with his father when he suddenly lost control of his surfboard and plunged into the water. The boy somehow lost consciousness and didn’t resurface. The father, who was … Continue reading

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Two Torontonian Sisters and a Teanecker Friend Save A Life At A Beit Shemesh Pool

On Tuesday afternoon, just after 3:00 p.m., a man in his fifties was swimming in the community pool in Beit Shemesh. The man began to feel faint and grabbed one of the ropes on the side of the swimming lane … Continue reading

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Pre-Shabbat Tragedy Prevented on The Kinneret

 On Friday afternoon around 3:30 in the afternoon, a young woman who was wearing a lifejacket began to swim away from the beaches in Tiberias in order to enjoy the cool water of the Kinneret. After swimming for a short … Continue reading

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Lifeguard and Doctor Perform A Pool Rescue and Save a 3-Year-Old

On Wednesday evening, just after 5:00 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Dr. Yonatan Ben-Nur was driving his ambucycle near his house at the entrance of the town Nitzan when he received an emergency alert in the neighboring town of Nitzanim. … Continue reading

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Finding the Motivation To Keep Going, Even When We Don’t Succeed

On Wednesday afternoon in Givat Ze’ev, a young boy just under two years old was playing in his backyard when he tripped and landed on the family’s jacuzzi. The jacuzzi was covered but due to the recent rains, a large … Continue reading

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Using Oxygen To Help Save A Drowning Man

Mishael Nahum is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT who hails from the southern city of Ashkelon. Mishael is a core volunteer in the Ashkelon area ambucycle unit, and has been volunteering as an EMT for the past six years. The … Continue reading

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