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Tag Archives: therapy dog
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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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
United Hatzalah Expands Psychotrauma and Crisis Response K-9 Unit
A new volunteer has joined the ranks of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, only this one has four legs. Toffy, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, a breed known around the world for excelling as therapy dogs, has gone … Continue reading
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Tagged Cavalier King Charles, Dog, EMS, EMT, K-9 Unit, Ori Weiss, Psychotrauma, Safed, Therapy, therapy dog, Tzefat, United Hatzalah
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United Hatzalah Welcomes Newest Recruit and First Member of Psychotrauma K-9 Unit
Trauma’s New Best Friend United Hatzalah Welcomes Newest Recruit and First Member of Psychotrauma K-9 Unit On Sunday, Israel’s EMS Psychotrauma Unit welcomed its newest member who has four paws and is named Lucy. Lucy got her paws wet, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Dog, Emergency, EMS, EMT, Israel, Psychotrauma, Therapy, therapy dog, trauma, United Hatzalah
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