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EMT Treats Woman On Board A Flight from Israel to Newark

On Sunday morning, on a flight from Tel Aviv to Newark, NJ, a 60-year-old woman started suffering from symptoms alluding to a stroke. Avi Nefoussi, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was the only medical personnel on the flight.   As … Continue reading

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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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Eli Beer Speaks About His Fight With Coronavirus

My Life Was Saved – Now I Am Returning to Israel To Save Others (This article originally appeared in Hebrew on the Yisrael Hayyom Website: ) President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer was released from Miami University Hospital … Continue reading

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My Fifteen-Year-Old Self Saved A Life

The blood pounded in his ears, drowning out the sounds of the frantic passengers around him. The two sisters who had identified themselves as medical professionals were tending to the unconscious woman, obscuring his view. They were over 30,000 feet … Continue reading

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Dramatic Rescue: Eli Beer Saved a Man’s Life Mid-Flight This Morning

“This morning I had the privilege to save a life in mid-air.” so said the President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer, who treated a man on an El Al flight from Newark to Tel Aviv for severe hypoglycemia. … Continue reading

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