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Tag Archives: Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit
“Never Could I Predict Something Like This”
By- Hadas Rucham On Thursday afternoon, June 24th, Israel received the tragic news coming from Surfside, Florida regarding the collapse of the Champlain tower. Details of the collapsed building on Collins Ave quickly spread. The twelve-story condo complex had collapsed … Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers
Tagged EMS, EMT, IDF, international relief, Israel, Laniado Hospital, Miami, Mission, PCRU, PFA, Psychological First Aid, Psychotrauma, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, social worker, Surfside, United Hatzalah
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The Beauty Of Humanity Brought Out By a Therapy Dog
Batya Jaffe is one of the six Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit (PCRU) members from United Hatzalah currently active in Surfside, Florida. Batya is an Animal Assisted Therapist and together with her dog Lucy, a specially trained King Charles Cavalier, … Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers
Tagged animal assisted therapy, Batya Jaffe, Building collapse, Dog, EMS, EMT, Florida, Israel, Lucy, Miami, PCRU, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, Surfside, therapy dog, United Hatzalah
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Easing The Ongoing Trauma Of Not Knowing – Together
As rescue efforts in the community of Surfside, Florida continue, United Hatzalah of Israel was dispatched on Saturday night together with the IDF’s Home Front Command in order to assist the forces and people on the ground cope with the … Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers
Tagged animal assisted therapy, Building collapse, crisis, disaster, Dog, emotional stabilization, EMS, EMT, Florida, Miami, PCRU, Psychotrauma, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, Surfside, therapy dog, United Hatzalah
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United Hatzalah of Israel Sending Delegation To Provide Psychological First Aid and Support to Surfside Community Following Condo Collapse
United Hatzalah of Israel working in conjunction with El Al Airlines is sending a team from its Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit to provide psychological support and stabilization to the families and neighbors of those injured, killed, or affected by … Continue reading
Psychotrauma Dog Unit Providing Psychological First Aid After The Loss of A Young Wife
On a Monday evening in January, a young woman who had recently given birth to the family’s first child collapsed at home in one of the northern neighborhoods of Jerusalem. First responders who arrived at the scene began CPR efforts … Continue reading
Following Unsuccessful CPR United Hatzalah Team Assists New Olim And Positive Covid-19 Patients With Fallout
A medical emergency took a turn for the worst in the Jerusalem peripheral neighborhood of Givat Ze’ev last Sunday afternoon, where a recent Oleh had suffered cardiac arrest. United Hatzalah volunteers that arrived at the scene were informed that the … Continue reading
The Korenvaes Miracle Award – 7th Night of Hannukah Recipient – The Ultra-Orthodox Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit Responder From Beitar Illit
Every night throughout Hanukkah, United Hatzalah will be awarding one highly dedicated volunteer with the annual Korenvaes Miracle Award. Tonight’s recipient, on the seventh night of Hanukkah, is Esther Flax from Beitar Illit. Esther Flax grew up in Gateshead, England. … Continue reading
Corona Care Israel Offers Virtual Mental Health Aid to U.S. Health Workers and First Responders Battling Covid
This story was written by Abigail Klein Leichman and was originally published in the Jewish Standard A group of Israeli mental-health professionals is offering free anonymous psychological first aid for New Jersey healthcare and law-enforcement personnel on the covid frontlines. … Continue reading
The Psychotrauma And Crisis Response Unit To The Rescue
One Tuesday Morning Elad Tomer, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and member of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit (PCRU) had just finished buying his groceries at the supermarket when he was alerted by dispatch to a traffic accident nearby. … Continue reading
Fighting Fire With More Than EMS
United Hatzalah’s network of first responders provides more than emergency medical services (EMS). While the EMS component of the organization is certainly the flagship project, another service which the organization provides for free is the work of the PSychotrauma and … Continue reading
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Tagged Building Fire, EMS, EMT, Fire, Israel, Jerusalem, PFA, Psychotrauma, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, PTSD, United Hatzalah
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