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Saving My Own Mother
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Noa Salant was shocked when she responded to an emergency incident to find her mother to be the patient in need of medical care. The family was supposed to get together for some quality time and both Noa and her mother were arriving by bicycle from different locations. “As I was Read more
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Following A Medical Emergency One EMT Became A Kindergarten Teacher For A Day
This past Monday, a medical emergency took place in Haifa that ended with an interesting twist. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Raphael Israel was on his way to his Mechanical engineering class at the Technion University when he received an emergency alert from the organization’s dispatch center that notified him about a medical emergency occurring at Read more
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Israeli EMT Rescues Injured Hiker in India’s Himalayan Mountains
This past Friday just before Shabbat began, an Israeli hiker fell approximately 40 meters down while trekking up the Bashisht mountains near the town of Old Manali, India. Chabad Rabbi, Menachem Bakush, who works out of the Chabad house in Old Manali was notified about the event. Bakush, who is a trained EMT and volunteered Read more
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Dramatic Rescue Saves Infant Locked in A Hot Car
Last Thursday a dramatic car rescue took place after an infant was accidentally locked inside a hot car. The mother of the child wrote the following after the lifesaving rescue. “ Even while writing this, hours after the incident, I am still shaking. Earlier today I was out shopping and when I came back Read more
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United Hatzalah Raises $5.5 Million at 2nd Annual NYC Gala
This past Thursday, Friends of United Hatzalah raised $5.5 Million at their annual 2nd gala dinner in New York City. The event brought 1,300 people from all over the city and surrounding areas in support of the lifesaving EMS work that United Hatzalah does in Israel and other countries around the globe. The gala included Read more
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Standing Guard At Jerusalem’s Crossings – A Ramadan Initiative To Safeguard Palestinians Wishing To Enter Jerusalem
A new project has been taking place over the past few weeks in Jerusalem. During the hot days of Ramadan, United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs have been asked to join Israel’s border police and the military police in safeguarding the passage of Palestinians entering into Israel at two Jerusalem crossings, Kalandia and the 300 crossing by Read more
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Precautions For a Safe Lag Ba’Omer
Lag Ba’omer is a holiday during which many people have a tradition to light bonfires. It is with this in mind that United Hatzalah has issued the following precautions to help people avoid injuries big or small, and provide instructions on what to do should a person get injured. Often these injuries tend to happen Read more
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United Hatzalah Augments Tel Aviv Team Ahead of Eurovision and White Night
Tonight, from all over the country, United Hatzalah volunteer ambucycle drivers are heading to Tel Aviv to provide emergency medical coverage at the plethora of cultural events taking place in the city over the weekend. With the semi-final and final performances of Eurovision, as well as Tel Aviv’s annual White Night celebrations, the city has Read more
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Whatever Will Do The Job
In addition to ambucycles, ambubikes, and ATVs, United Hatzalah also utilizes emergency fly cars to enable some of their more experienced volunteers to reach medical emergencies faster. These cars are registered emergency vehicles complete with lights and sirens and are able to rush from emergency to emergency and arrive faster than regular cars. Ariel Ben Read more
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A Truck, A Bus, A Car, and Dog, Oh My!
Just before midnight on April 23rd, a serious vehicular accident occurred on Highway 4 at the Givat Shmuel interchange near Ramat Gan. The collision involved a commercial truck, a bus, a private car, and a dog. Riding his speedy ambucycle, Liran was on site in record time to provide life-saving intervention for the truck driver, Read more