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Tag Archives: Psychotrauma
30-Year-Old Father of Four Revived by Emergency Services in Late-Night Cardiac Arrest
On Sunday just before midnight, a 30-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest in his house in Bnei Brak. His relatives immediately alerted emergency services. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Aharon Lerer was about to go to bed when his communications device … Continue reading
Newlywed Couple Among First Responders At Jerusalem Car-Ramming Attack On Friday
It was an otherwise peaceful Friday in Jerusalem, a young couple, Dovi and Batya Widawsky, who had gotten married only two days prior, were getting ready for Shabbat when the day was brutally interrupted as a terrorist rammed a car … Continue reading
Israeli Delegation Departs To Puerto Rico To Offer Psychological and Medical Aid In Wake of Hurricane Fiona
Early Thursday morning, a delegation of medical and psychological experts from the emergency medical service (EMS) organization United Hatzalah, departed from Israel en route to Puerto Rico. The team, which is comprised of four members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis … Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, International Rescue Missions, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit
Tagged disaster reflief, First Responders, international delegation, Israel, OLAM, Psychological First Aid, Psychotrauma, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, Puerto Rico, United Hatzalah
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Selflessly Helping Others Is The Best Remedy – A Responder Discusses Providing Psychological First Aid After The David’s Tomb Terror Attack
By Ariel Drei At 1:45 a.m. on Sunday morning, I was dispatched to provide psychological first aid to people suffering from severe emotional stress reactions to the terror attack that took place at David’s Tomb near the old city of … Continue reading
Psychotrauma Support Following Saturday’s Fatal Accident – A Delicate Balance
On Shabbat morning at around 5:00 a.m., 4 drunken teenagers were driving in a fast-moving vehicle down the highway and quickly approaching a sobriety checkpoint near the Beit Dagan intersection. Instead of slowing down, they crashed straight through the blockade … Continue reading
The Cherry on Top
On Sunday, a few minutes before midnight, a 77-year-old woman was found by her caretaker unconscious in her bed in Rishon LeTsiyon. The caretaker was distraught and frantically called the woman’s son to help her. As soon as he heard … Continue reading
One Killed In Accident On Highway 6 Near Kiryat Gat The Two Others Left Injured
On Sunday morning at around 7:00 a.m., a fatal two-car accident occurred near the Kiryat Gat interchange on highway 6, leaving one person dead and two others lightly injured. A vehicle for road construction stood on the side of the … Continue reading
Posted in Press
Tagged Accident, CPR, EMT, First Responders, Israel, Psychotrauma, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, United Hatzalah, volunteers
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Acts of Kindness Day
Today, February 17th, we celebrate Acts of Kindness Day. In this honor, we wanted to highlight some of the incredible acts of kindness performed by United Hatzalah. The entire organization is built on kindness, so what we are talking about … Continue reading
Posted in Coexistence, COVID-19, Press, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, Ten Kavod, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles, Women Volunteers
Tagged Accident, Ambulance, baby, birth, Car Accident, Cardiac Arrest, Covid-19, CPR, elderly, Eli Beer, Emergency, EMT, First Responders, Israel, Muslim, Psychotrauma, Ten Kavod, United Hatzalah, wedding
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Two Yechiels On Bicycles Save The Life Of a Man In A Cafe Next To Machane Yehuda Market
On Sunday evening, at around 6:00 p.m., in a cafe on Chaim Valero street in Jerusalem, a 67-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest. Yechiel Gurfein, a United Hatzalah of Israel volunteer EMT and photographer from Jerusalem, immediately received the notification … Continue reading
Providing Emotional Care In a Stressful Situation
On Wednesday night at around 10:30 p.m., after an 88-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest in his bedroom on Ramban Street in Haifa, a group of United Hatzalah volunteers rushed over to his house to save him. Three of … Continue reading