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Tag Archives: elderly
Quick Intervention By EMTs Saves The Life Of A Holon Man
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
Posted in Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles
Tagged CPR, defibrillator, elderly, EMS, EMT, first responder, Holon, United Hatzalah, wheel chair
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Seizing The Opportunity To Help A Blind and Homebound Senior Citizen
On Sunday around 3:00 p.m., Yehuda Amitay and Meir Vaanunu were transferring elderly patients to receive their Covid-19 vaccines in Jerusalem. When they arrived at the home of the next person they were supposed to transfer, a man in his … Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, COVID-19, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles
Tagged Ambulance, bling, cleaning, Coronavirus, Covid-19, elderly, EMS, EMT, Holocaust Survivor, homebound, transport, United Hatzalah
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National Project For Vaccinating All Holocaust Survivors in Israel Opens
On Sunday morning, the Claims Conference initiated a new project in partnership with United Hatzalah that will orchestrate a national operation with the goal of making sure that all 20,000 homebound Holocaust survivors living in Israel are able to go … Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, COVID-19, Press
Tagged Claims Conference, Coronavirus, Covid-19, elderly, Holocaust survivors, homebound, Israel, United Hatzalah, vaccine
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No One Gets Left Behind
With more than a quarter of its citizens fully vaccinated, and nearly half of the country having received their first vaccination, Israel is currently leading the world in the race to vaccinate its entire population. United Hatzalah volunteers, from … Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, COVID-19, Press, Vehicles
Tagged Covid-19, Disabled, elderly, EMS, EMT, home-bound, Israel, Moderna, Pfizer, transport, United Hatzalah, vaccination, vaccine
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Returning A Life That Was Lost
On Friday afternoon, a 73-year-old Ramla resident with severe chronic medical issues sat down for lunch when he unexpectedly began choking. An alarmed family member called United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center. Volunteer EMT Eveyasaf Shiri was on his way … Continue reading
Posted in Press, UH Volunteer Features
Tagged Ambulance, Choking, CPR, elderly, EMS, EMT, Ramla, United Hatzalah
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Ambulances Transport Elderly To Receive Their Vaccinations
Answering a need faced by many elderly or disabled persons who are without cars, and for whom the use of public transportation can be difficult, United Hatzalah has begun working with various cities and regional councils throughout Israel to transport … Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, COVID-19, Press, Ten Kavod, Vehicles
Tagged Ambulance, Community, Coronavirus, Covid-19, elderly, EMS, First Responders, Holocaust, Israel, transport, United Hatzalah, vaccine
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Keeping The Elderly Warm In Midst Of Corona Winter
Due to the winter cold and the countrywide lockdown restrictions becoming tightened and more severe, United Hatzalah along with the International Federation of Christians and Jews (IFCJ), took it upon themselves to give out blankets and food stamps to the … Continue reading
Posted in Press, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features
Tagged Community, Covid-19, elderly, EMS, EMT, Kiryat Gat, senior care, seniors, Ten Kavod, United Hatzalah, Winter
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Community Volunteers Cooperate to Transport Elderly and Disabled to their Vaccinations During Lockdown
United Hatzalah has partnered with the group Yad Beyad for the Development of Mevaseret Zion, a non-profit, in a new project transporting people over 60 and the disabled who qualify to receive the Coronavirus vaccine, in cases when their access … Continue reading
Posted in Press, Ten Kavod
Tagged Corona, Coronavirus, elderly, Eli Beer, Israel, Lockdown, Mevaseret, United Hatzalah, vaccine
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Caring For The Elderly on Chanukah
Over the course of the Chanukah holiday, United Hatzalah’s Ten Kavod (giving honor) project teamed up with the Ner Levi non-profit and the municipality of Beit Shemesh and distributed winter packages containing blankets and warm clothing to senior citizens in … Continue reading
Posted in Press, Ten Kavod
Tagged Beit Shemesh, elderly, Holocaust survivors, Israel, Ten Kavod, United Hatzalah
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Dealing With The Aftermath Of An Emergency
On Wednesday morning just after 3:00 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Hanoch Re’em, a resident of Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov neighborhood, was returning home from a night shift when he heard his communications device buzzing. A medical emergency had occurred a … Continue reading
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Tagged apartment, cleaning, elderly, Emergency, First Responders, Jerusalem
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