Tag Archives: United Hatzalah
Sitting Up After A Fentanyl Overdose
Ra’anana native Yoni Sadon is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and driving instructor. He is one of the most active EMTs in the city and is often seen running from one emergency to the next. A few weeks ago, in … Continue reading
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Tagged ambucar, Ambulance, CPR, EMS, EMT, Fentanyl, first responder, Israel, overdose, oxygen, Ra'anana, United Hatzalah
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After Performing Successful CPR On His Own Son, EMT Writes Emotional Letter Imploring All Parents to Learn Basic First Aid
Yesterday, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yoni Uziyahu from Rehovot, experienced something that no parent should have to go through. His son, only a year-and-a-half old, fell off of a table and suffered a severe head injury. The boy lost … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambulance, Child, CPR, Emergency, EMS, EMT, Father, fatherhood, first responder, oxygen, parenthood, respiratory arrest, son, United Hatzalah
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Sharing My Husband For The Greater Good
By Ruth Hametz, (This article first appeared in a blog on Times of Israel and is reprinted here with the author’s permission) Before the title provokes errant thoughts, just know, we are not polygamists. Although, after watching a few episodes of … Continue reading
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Tagged EMS, Family, firt responder, greater good rescue, husband, marriage children, Shabbat, United Hatzalah, wife
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Woman Saves The Life Of Her Own Daughter Thanks To Her EMT Training
Towards the end of 2019, Roxanne Weinberg took an EMT training course to become a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT so that she could help others. Little did she know that what she learned in the course would save the life … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, Choking, CPR, Daughter, EMS, EMT, Mother, United Hatzalah
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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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Tagged Airplane, EMS, EMT, first responder, Flight, in-flight rescue, Israel, Istanbul, London, Pegasus Airlines, Rescue, United Hatzalah
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Saving A Life In a 12 Minute Traffic Jam
Yossi Rotenberg works as the deputy director of a branch of Shufersal in the center of the country. This past Friday afternoon, Yossi had just left work and was on his way to drop off some supplies for his daughter … Continue reading
This Rescue Was Not By Chance – Due to a series of unforeseen delays, First Responder en route to conduct Coronavirus testing happens to be at the right place at the right time to save a life.
This wasn’t a typical medical emergency alert that I usually get. As a matter of fact, there was no alert. Call it what you will, divine intervention, comedy of errors, sheer luck, karma. But whatever you want to call it, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Ambulance, chance, Corona, Covid-19, Dvir Adani, EMS, EMT, fae, faith, luck, United Hatzalah
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“Everyone Deserves To Be Respected”
One month ago, a 13-year-old boy took advantage of his parents going away on a vacation and decided to throw a party in his home in Geva Binyamin. He invited a couple of friends over on Friday night and they … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol drinking, Ambucycle, Ambulance, Geva BInyamin, Israel, Parents, Party, Rescue, teenagers, underage, United Hatzalah
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Anaphylactic Reaction Nearly Brings Tragedy To Quiet Shabbat Meal
Two months ago, a family was sitting in their home in Haifa on Friday night for their Shabbat meal. Everything was carrying on as normal until the mother noticed that her 4-year-old son was having trouble breathing. She asked her … Continue reading
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Tagged Allergy, anaphylaxis, Friday night, Haifa, hummus, Israel, meal, Shabbat, United Hatzalah
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United Hatzalah Head of Strategy Saves Local Grocery Store Owner
When Moti Elmaliach is not working as the head of strategy and PR at United Hatzalah, he is out saving lives as one of the organization’s 6,000 volunteer EMTs. Moti lives with his family in Tel Aviv and often responds … Continue reading
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Tagged Community, EMS, EMT, Israel, Moti Elmaliach, Tel Aviv, United Hatzalah
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