Archives: Stories
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Leaving My Kids To Save Another — Sacrificing My Time To Save A Life
One evening, a babysitter was looking after some children at their home in Bnei Brak. One little boy, who was severely allergic to milk products, was jealous of his siblings happily munching on pizza. The two-year-old child grabbed a piece of pizza from his brother before he could be stopped. The effect was instantaneous and Read more
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What and Why Does United Hatzalah Use Ambucycles?
An ambucycle is a motorcycle that has been specially equipped with all of the medical supplies and equipment that an ambulance carries, with the exception of a stretcher, bed, and stair-chair. The purpose of the ambucycle is to circumvent traffic during medical emergencies and allow a trained first responder, EMT, paramedic, or doctor, to Read more
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A Day Off Turns Into A Day of Lifesaving
A couple of weeks ago, United Hatzalah volunteer Moshe Miller was at home enjoying his day off from work when he received an alert that there was a semi-conscious person on the street. The dedicated volunteer dashed out to his ambucycle and sped over to the location, arriving in record time. An anxious man Read more
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A Tractor-Trailer Crash and The Man Who Saved The Day
Bezalel Sebag lives with his family in Rehovot and works for Elbit Systems. Bezalel is a very devoted volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah and is always ready to respond to any medical emergency at a moment’s notice. Betzalel (Middle) on an ambulance shift with other United Hatzalah volunteersRecently one Tuesday morning, a speeding tractor-trailer collided Read more
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United Hatzalah Volunteers Take Over As Emergency Room Auxiliary Workers For A Day
On Monday, the medical auxiliary team from an emergency room (ER) in one of the hospitals in the Sharon region took a day to work on team building and left their duties in the emergency room. They were able to do this because volunteers from United Hatzalah’s emergency room assistance project took over their responsibilities Read more
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Shitsel Teams Up With United Hatzalah of Israel in Detroit To Save Lives
On Monday, September 23rd, United Hatzalah of Israel brought the cast of Shtisel to the Greater Detroit community at a special event aimed at raising awareness about the organization and how our innovative rapid response to those in need saves more Israeli lives. The evening included a screening of NAS Daily’s video about United Hatzalah, Israel’s Read more
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United Hatzalah of Israel To Honor Local Floridians For Their Dedication To Israel and Saving Lives
Israel’s largest all-volunteer EMS organization will be honoring three local Floridians in an upcoming Gala for their dedication to Israel and to saving lives. The Gala will be the first annual event held by the organization in Miami. The 1st annual Miami Gala will be taking place during Art Basel week at Jungle Island Read more
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Early CPR Intervention Saves Truck Driver
On a recent Sunday in Ramla, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Levi Yitzchak Ofen was alerted to an adult male with seizures. Within seconds, Levi, who drives one of the organization’s iconic ambucycles, was racing to the location on the other side of the city. Fortunately for the ill man, Levi was riding his emergency ambucycle. Read more
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Unity In An Emergency – Serving Felafel To Save a Family
On Friday, November 15th, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Tal Cooperstein was on his way to a medical emergency on Mivtza Sinai Street in Bat Yam when a woman struck his ambucycle while driving her car. He was treated at the scene by his comrades before being taken to Wolfson Hospital for treatment. Tal was seriously Read more
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Religious Muslim Woman Ambucycle EMT Saves Children From Trapped Car
One recent early afternoon, Sanaa Mahameed, a religious Muslim woman who volunteers with United Hatzalah, was at her home in Umm al-Fahm when the dispatch center alerted her to a car accident that had occurred on the road to the nearby town of Barta’a. Despite the fact that she was tired and not feeling particularly Read more