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EMS Crews, Israeli Military and Fire and Rescue Department Conduct Collaborative Drill Mimicking MCI Missile Strike on Military Base
On Monday, United Hatzalah together with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel’s Fire and Rescue Department held a combined training drill which mimicked missile attack on a military base that resulted in a mass casualty incident (MCI). The drill was held in the live fire shooting range of Mitvach 24 near the town Read more
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Making Israel a Safer Place One Patient At a Time
One morning a couple of weeks ago, United Hatzalah volunteer Netanel Samich received an emergency alert from United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center that someone was convulsing in the street. Samich rushed to his ambucycle and raced to the location, arriving in under one minute. A 15-year-old boy was sprawled on the sidewalk, his entire Read more
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Doing Whatever It Takes to Save a Life
“My name is Adiel Agassi and I am a United Hatzalah volunteer first responder. I drive an ambucycle, (hybrid between an ambulance and a motorcycle) and live in the town of Alei Zahav in Samaria. On the last day of Passover, we traveled to my wife’s parents to spend the holiday with them. I sent Read more
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Daughter of Nazis Awarded for Services in Saving Lives in Israel
On Erev Yom Hashoah (Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day), at the commemoration ceremony held by the Regional Council of Hof HaCarmel, a volunteer first responder named Tina Berkovitz was awarded a citation for her continued dedication and devotion for saving the lives of her fellow Israelis. But Tina isn’t a regular Sabra Israeli. The 67-year-old grandmother Read more
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Realizing You are 30 Meters From Disaster
Dovi Meyer has a lot of accreditation to his name. Among the many volunteering activities which he takes upon himself is being a volunteer EMT and dispatcher in both Israel and Australia. Meyer, who is currently staying in central Jerusalem for a visit, has been responding to emergency calls with his fellow United Hatzalah first Read more
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Here’s What 9 Million Shekels Look Like In EMS Vehicles
Last week Thursday night, as Israel’s Independence Day was coming to a close, a few hundred people gathered in a banquet hall on the edge of the coastal city of Bat Yam. The banquet hall, Sunset Hall, is one of the city’s finest by the sea and was donated to Israel’s national volunteer emergency medical Read more
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United Hatzalah To Train South African First Responders in Psyhcological and Emotional First Aid
This article was written by Rebecca Stadlen Amir first appeared in Israel21C United Hatzalah of Israel is sending a delegation of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to Johannesburg, South Africa, to train their counterparts in providing effective psychotrauma care in times of crisis and catastrophe. The training will combine the World Health Organization’s protocols in psychological first Read more
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The U.S. Needs More Paramedics. Israel Might Have the Answer
This article was originally published in The Weekly Standard and was written by Mark Hemingway The police response to the Parkland, Fla., school shooting has been much criticized for being cowardly and negligent. But one aspect of the poor response deserves more attention because it points the way toward saving lives in the future: Police didn’t Read more
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Leaving A Legacy For The Victims Of The Parkland High School Massacre
“My son was a hero, not just on the last day of his life but throughout his life.” This is how Linda Schulman spoke of her son, Scott Beigel, just five and a half weeks after he was murdered protecting students at the Parkland High School in Florida on February 14th. Linda continued: “He was Read more