Archives: Stories
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The Impulse to Bring Back a Pulse
On Sunday, February 23rd, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yossi Vaknin was eating breakfast at his home in Migdal HaEmek when he received an emergency alert on his phone and was dispatched to help a 30-year-old woman with diabetes who had collapsed at her parent’s residence. Yossi immediately ran outside to his ambucycle and raced to Read more
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Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel raised $15 million at the second annual Los Angeles Gala event with Keynote Address by Dr. Miriam Adelson
Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel (www.israelrescue.org) hosted the 2nd Annual Gala in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on Feb. 27th, 2020 with over 1,100 people in attendance. The gathered crowd contributed to the success of the organization by raising $15,000,000 in support of the lifesaving work done by the volunteers in Israel, which Read more
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You Saved My Life, You Are My Angels
Shai Romano and Moti Tzulshan are volunteer EMTs with United Hatzalah in Netanya. On Sunday they went to visit Elirav Zarchia, a patient at Laniado hospital whom they treated a week previously. A week earlier, the pair received an urgent alert from United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command center alerting them to a man who Read more
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From Pain To Empathy, EMT Overcomes Pain From His Own Accident To Aid Other Accident Victims
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yitzchak Levinger received an alert to a serious accident on Keren HaYesod Street in Beit Shemesh, which was right near his location. He immediately dashed to his ambucycle and raced over to the scene. His brother, who lives a few streets over and is also a Read more
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Women’s EMS Unit Helps Disabled Children Get Into Purim Spirit
The Jewish month of Adar is a joyful and auspicious time for the Jewish nation, and school children across Israel kick off the month by dressing up in costume and participating in festive celebrations. Last week, just after the month of Adar began, volunteers from United Hatzalah of Israel’s women’s unit helped Aleh students in Read more
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Jay Leno and Dr. Miriam Adelson Headline the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Gala for American Friends of United Hatzalah
Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel (www.israelrescue.org) announced today that Jay Leno, former host of The Tonight Show and Dr. Miriam Adelson will be headlining the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Gala, taking place on Thursday, February 27th at the Beverly Hilton. The Gala will feature Dr. Adelson as the keynote speaker at the event and Read more
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Amid Rocket Barrage United Hatzalah Hands Out Specially Designed Protective Vests and Helmets To Gaza Periphery EMS Volunteers
As rockets from Gaza once again rain down on Israeli civilians, United Hatzalah distributed specially designed protective tactical vests and helmets to its volunteer EMS personnel in the city of Sderot and the Gaza periphery. The EMS organization, which provides all of its services for free, distributed the protective gear to its volunteers throughout the Read more
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From Checkout To Choking – A Lifesaving Rescue In Less Than A Minute.
Last Friday at 12:51 P.M. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Ezra Gottlieb was in a supermarket in his hometown of Beitar Illit making his last-minute purchases for Shabbat when United Hatzalah’s dispatch and command center alerted him to a choking child near his location. Without hesitating for even a moment, Ezra left his groceries in the Read more
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New Lifesaving ATV to Aid Gush Shiloh Residents
United Hatzalah of Israel dedicated its newest all-terrain vehicle (ATV) to serve the residents of the Gush Shiloh area, which is the next step in fulfilling their promise to add more lifesaving vehicles and first responders to Judea and Samaria. The dedication ceremony took place on Monday in the town of Adei Ad, slightly northeast Read more
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Doctor Attests – United Hatzalah’s Ten Kavod Project Assisting The Elderly Saved A Life
On Wednesday, United Hatzalah’s Ten Kavod project of visiting the elderly resulted in the life of a Beer Sheva resident being saved. This was attested to by the doctor of the woman whose life was saved. Volunteer EMT and Ten Kavod participant Netanel Samich from Be’er Sheva took a number of students from the Makif Read more