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Leaving My Kids To Save Another — Sacrificing My Time To Save A Life
One evening, a babysitter was looking after some children at their home in Bnei Brak. One little boy, who was severely allergic to milk products, was jealous of his siblings happily munching on pizza. The two-year-old child grabbed a piece … Continue reading
A Tractor-Trailer Crash and The Man Who Saved The Day
Bezalel Sebag lives with his family in Rehovot and works for Elbit Systems. Bezalel is a very devoted volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah and is always ready to respond to any medical emergency at a moment’s notice. Betzalel (Middle) on … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Ambulance, Bezalel Sebag, Car Accident, EMS, EMT, Israel, Rehovot
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A Day Off Turns Into A Day of Lifesaving
A couple of weeks ago, United Hatzalah volunteer Moshe Miller was at home enjoying his day off from work when he received an alert that there was a semi-conscious person on the street. The dedicated volunteer dashed out to his … Continue reading
What and Why Does United Hatzalah Use Ambucycles?
An ambucycle is a motorcycle that has been specially equipped with all of the medical supplies and equipment that an ambulance carries, with the exception of a stretcher, bed, and stair-chair. The purpose of the ambucycle is to circumvent … Continue reading
United Hatzalah Volunteers Take Over As Emergency Room Auxiliary Workers For A Day
On Monday, the medical auxiliary team from an emergency room (ER) in one of the hospitals in the Sharon region took a day to work on team building and left their duties in the emergency room. They were able to … Continue reading
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Tagged Eli Beer, emergency room, EMT, ER, Hospital, Israel, United Hatzalah
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Early CPR Intervention Saves Truck Driver
On a recent Sunday in Ramla, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Levi Yitzchak Ofen was alerted to an adult male with seizures. Within seconds, Levi, who drives one of the organization’s iconic ambucycles, was racing to the location on the other … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Ambulance, CPR, EMS, EMT, Israel, Levi Yitzchak Ofen, Truck driver
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Unity In An Emergency – Serving Felafel To Save a Family
On Friday, November 15th, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Tal Cooperstein was on his way to a medical emergency on Mivtza Sinai Street in Bat Yam when a woman struck his ambucycle while driving her car. He was treated at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Ambucycle, Bat Yam, Eli Beer, Emergency, EMS, EMT, Family, Felafel, Israel, motor vehicle accident, Tal Cooperstein, United Hatzalah
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Psychotrauma Training An Asset For First Responder On Medical Calls
Gil Cohen Lives in Netanya and is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and an experienced Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit responder. He finds his psychotrauma training invaluable even when responding to regular medical emergencies. Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit … Continue reading
Giving the Gift That Keeps on Giving
Amir Hayek, is an I.T. specialist, a volunteer in a French Christian religious hospice called The Sacred Heart, or Sacre Coeur, and a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and ambucycle driver. Hayek, an Israeli Christian, chose to volunteer at the convent … Continue reading
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Tagged Amir Hayek, Christian, CPR, EMS, EMT, Haifa, Sacre Coeur, United Hatzalah
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