Tag Archives: EMT
Sitting Up After A Fentanyl Overdose
Ra’anana native Yoni Sadon is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and driving instructor. He is one of the most active EMTs in the city and is often seen running from one emergency to the next. A few weeks ago, in … Continue reading
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Tagged ambucar, Ambulance, CPR, EMS, EMT, Fentanyl, first responder, Israel, overdose, oxygen, Ra'anana, United Hatzalah
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After Performing Successful CPR On His Own Son, EMT Writes Emotional Letter Imploring All Parents to Learn Basic First Aid
Yesterday, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yoni Uziyahu from Rehovot, experienced something that no parent should have to go through. His son, only a year-and-a-half old, fell off of a table and suffered a severe head injury. The boy lost … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambulance, Child, CPR, Emergency, EMS, EMT, Father, fatherhood, first responder, oxygen, parenthood, respiratory arrest, son, United Hatzalah
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Woman Saves The Life Of Her Own Daughter Thanks To Her EMT Training
Towards the end of 2019, Roxanne Weinberg took an EMT training course to become a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT so that she could help others. Little did she know that what she learned in the course would save the life … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, Choking, CPR, Daughter, EMS, EMT, Mother, United Hatzalah
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A Mid-Air Rescue In the Time of Corona
This past Sunday night, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Moshe Weitzman, who lives in Ashdod, was flying back to Israel from London via Istanbul and responded to a medical emergency a few rows back from his seat on the plane. Moshe … Continue reading
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Tagged Airplane, EMS, EMT, first responder, Flight, in-flight rescue, Israel, Istanbul, London, Pegasus Airlines, Rescue, United Hatzalah
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EMT Saves Her Own Husband’s Life
Geulah Pollak has been a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT for the past 4 years. She has previous experience as a first responder but took hiatus for about 10 years prior to joining United Hatzalah due to a mild injury. “I … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambulance, Cardiac Arrest, Child, EMS, EMT, Heart-attack, Hospital, husband, lifesaver, Marriage, stent, wife
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This Rescue Was Not By Chance – Due to a series of unforeseen delays, First Responder en route to conduct Coronavirus testing happens to be at the right place at the right time to save a life.
This wasn’t a typical medical emergency alert that I usually get. As a matter of fact, there was no alert. Call it what you will, divine intervention, comedy of errors, sheer luck, karma. But whatever you want to call it, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Ambulance, chance, Corona, Covid-19, Dvir Adani, EMS, EMT, fae, faith, luck, United Hatzalah
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Why I’m Proud To Call These Women My Friends
At 1:30 a.m. on Saturday night, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and Deputy Chapter Head of the Emek HaHula region of the organization, Vicki Tiferet, was alerted to a medical emergency involving a threat to human life and three missing people. … Continue reading
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Tagged Emek Hahula, EMS, EMT, first responder, Israel, Missing person, Moshav Yuval, North, Women
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United Hatzalah Head of Strategy Saves Local Grocery Store Owner
When Moti Elmaliach is not working as the head of strategy and PR at United Hatzalah, he is out saving lives as one of the organization’s 6,000 volunteer EMTs. Moti lives with his family in Tel Aviv and often responds … Continue reading
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Tagged Community, EMS, EMT, Israel, Moti Elmaliach, Tel Aviv, United Hatzalah
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Health, Home Improvement & Humanitarian Aid. A Community Rallies Together To Do It All
On Saturday night, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Avi Bismouth responded to a medical emergency involving a person who dehydrated at the address of a man whom he had helped once before. Bismouth, recognizing the address, knew that the man was … Continue reading
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Tagged apartment, Avi Bismouth, Community, EMS, EMT, Fixing, givatayim, home, home repairs, Israel, Ramat Gan, renovation, United Hatzalah
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Beating The Angel of Death
This past Rosh Hashanah, United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs David Badar and Sason Dabul were in Kfar Saba when they received an emergency alert from their communications device, notifying them of a medical emergency taking place nearby. David recognized the address … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Ambulance, CPR, David Badar, Donors, EMS, EMT, Rosh Hashanah, United Hatzalah
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