Tag Archives: First Responders

Treating a victim of a fallen tree branch

Posted on January 16, 2022 by admin

On Sunday morning, at around 10:00 a.m., an Arab construction worker was hit in the head by a falling tree branch while working at a construction site on Ben Ish Chai Street in Beit Shemesh. The branch fell from a … Continue reading →

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Early Shabbat Morning Rescue Thanks To Quick Thinking EMT and Aspirin

Posted on January 10, 2022 by admin

On Friday night at around 1:45 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Kalanit Taub was awakened from her sleep by her communication device alerting her to a medical emergency occurring nearby. A woman was experiencing extreme chest pains at her home … Continue reading →

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EMTs go from responding to car accident to a cardiac arrest in one busy evening

Posted on January 6, 2022 by admin

On Wednesday evening at around 8:30 p.m., a 60-year-old gentleman collapsed on Ha’Atzmaut boulevard in Bat Yam after suffering a cardiac arrest.  United Hatzalah volunteers Beni Mizrachi and Raziel Bney Israeli, had just finished treating patients at the scene of … Continue reading →

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One Year After Being Injured In An Act of Violence, EMT Saves Car Accident Victim

Posted on January 2, 2022 by admin

Eiad Azem is a United Hatzalah volunteer from the city of Tayibe, an Arab city in central Israel, and the deputy head of the team there. He is an incredible person who is always willing to help others. Eiad continues … Continue reading →

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New Batch Of EMTs To Begin Training in Uman, Ukraine

Posted on December 30, 2021 by admin

At the beginning of the week, United Hatzalah held an event for first responders in the city of Uman in recognition and appreciation of their life-saving work during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. As part of the event, the active volunteers … Continue reading →

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The Pride in Helping Others

Posted on October 26, 2021 by admin

On Friday afternoon, an 18-year-old boy suddenly suffered from a seizure, sprawling out on the sidewalk of KK”L Street in Ashdod. A few kilometers away, Gavriel Momko and Dor Fridman were on an ambucycle shift, riding around the city ready … Continue reading →

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Olim Find Purpose and Community Volunteering With United Hatzalah

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Amy Ozeri

As part of our Year Of The Volunteer project, we will be highlighting volunteers from across the country who give of themselves and their time to help others each and every day. It is time to recognize these heroes for … Continue reading →

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Miracle in Modi’in: Young Boy Riding A Scooter Hit By Car And Trapped Underneath, Sustains Only Minor Injuries

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Raphael Poch

A little after 7:30 a.m., on Monday morning, a 10-year-old boy was run over from behind by a passing car as he was riding to school on his scooter on Nakhal Tsalmon Street in Modiin. The driver of the car, … Continue reading →

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United Hatzalah Ambulance Team Saves Choking Victim On Rosh HaShanah

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Just after 2:30 pm on Wednesday afternoon, the second day of Rosh HaShanah, United Hatzalah regional paramedic Doron Shapir, was in the middle of an ambulance shift on the organization’s mobile intensive care ambulance in the Haifa region, when he … Continue reading →

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Eli Beer Responds To Pashkvillim Decrying United Hatzalah As Transgressing Laws of Modesty By Training Women EMTs

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Earlier this week, posters went up in the more Charedi sections of Beit Shemesh accusing United Hatzalah of transgressing the prohibition of yichud by training female EMTs to respond to medical emergencies. Extremist elements in the Charedi community of Ramat … Continue reading →

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