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- An Unlikely Encounter with a Holocaust Survivor
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- Atara Twersky Hosts Eli Beer On “Changing The Course” Podcast
Tag Archives: Women
Eli Beer Responds To Pashkvillim Decrying United Hatzalah As Transgressing Laws of Modesty By Training Women EMTs
Earlier this week, posters went up in the more Charedi sections of Beit Shemesh accusing United Hatzalah of transgressing the prohibition of yichud by training female EMTs to respond to medical emergencies. Extremist elements in the Charedi community of Ramat … Continue reading
Posted in Coexistence, Press, Women Volunteers
Tagged Beit Shemesh, Charedi, EMS, EMT, First Responders, Israel, Muslim, ultra-orthdoxo, United Hatzalah, Women, Yichud
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Two Torontonian Sisters and a Teanecker Friend Save A Life At A Beit Shemesh Pool
On Tuesday afternoon, just after 3:00 p.m., a man in his fifties was swimming in the community pool in Beit Shemesh. The man began to feel faint and grabbed one of the ropes on the side of the swimming lane … Continue reading
Posted in Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers
Tagged Beit Shemesh, Cardiac Arrest, CPR, drowning, Emergency, EMS, EMT, Family, pool, pool safety, sisters, United Hatzalah, Women
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From Providing Care At A Corona Hotel To Saving A Life in A Cemetery In A matter Of Minutes
On Monday afternoon, just after 11 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Tova Shtiglitz was finishing up a shift at the local Corona hotel in Ofakim when she was suddenly alerted to a nearby medical emergency. United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers
Tagged cemetery, Corona Hotel, Coronavirus, Covid-19, CPR, EMS, EMT, first responder, Israel, Ofakim, United Hatzalah, Women
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United Hatzalah Holds Combined Mass Casualty Incident Training Just Days After The Mass Casualty Incident in Meron
On Tuesday night, just five days after the Meron tragedy, United Hatzalah held a mass-casualty-incident (MCI) training drill in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona. The drill simulated a motor vehicle accident involving two minibusses that left 30 people of … Continue reading
Posted in Education and training, Press, Women Volunteers
Tagged EMS, EMT, IDF, Israel, Kiryat Shemona, Kiryat Shmona, Mass Casualty Incident, MCI, Training, United Hatzalah, Women
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Running a Tourist Hotel And Saving Lives
Dalton resident, Orly Ezra is a woman of many talents, in addition to running her own tourism business and renting out tzimmerim (guesthouses) in her hometown of Dalton, she is also a mother of eight children aged 27-11 and volunteers … Continue reading
Posted in Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers
Tagged 911, Dalton, EMS, EMT, first responder, Galilee, Israel, tourism, United Hatzalah, Vacation, Women, Women in health
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An Unlikely Encounter with a Holocaust Survivor
Namah Abohaikal is a 22-year-old volunteer EMT living in the Arab village of Ein Naqquba, located 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem. She is the only Arab woman in the Mevaseret Zion chapter and has been volunteering with United Hatzalah for … Continue reading
Small-Town EMT Goes The Distance To Save A Woman’s Life
On Saturday night, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Hen Rotenberg, who has been recently volunteering in the Jerusalem vaccination center administering Covid-19 vaccines, was at her home Srigim, a small town located south of Beit Shemesh. She was preparing to entertain … Continue reading
Posted in Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers
Tagged CPR, Ha-Lamed Heh, Hen Rotenberg, international women's day, Kibbutz, small town, United Hatzalah, Women
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Bringing Good Deeds Into The World
Shimrit Cohen is a United Hatzalah EMT from Tiberias who also volunteers with the organization’s emergency room (ER) assistance program at the Poriya Medical Center. As hospitals are approaching peak capacity with the influx of COVID patients, Shimrit knows that … Continue reading
Posted in Press, UH Volunteer Features, Women Volunteers
Tagged birth, breech baby, Delivery, EMS, EMT, Life saving, Tevaria, Tiberias, United Hatzalah, Woman, Women
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Decorated EMT Becomes First Woman Head Of a Chapter For United Hatzalah
Vicky Tiferet, who is a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah in the northern town of Moshav Yuval, was appointed as the head of the organization’s Emek HaHula chapter last week, becoming the first woman in the organization to hold such … 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