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How To Have a Safe and Happy Purim – Purim Safety Instructions from United Hatzalah
Ahead of the Purim holiday, United Hatzalah of Israel has published a list of health tips and safety regulations to ensure that everyone has a happy and safe Purim. Last year, the organization received nearly 3,000 emergency calls on Purim, which is three times the amount received on a regular day. In order to prevent Read more
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As Conflict in South Intensifies Newly Graduated Psychological First Responders and Inaugurated Volunteer House Open to Provide Aid
As the veil of conflict once again falls on Israel’s southern area and the city of Sderot, United Hatzalah of Israel has increased its presence in the conflict zone by opening a new volunteer house and graduating a new course of Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit volunteers in the city and region. The inauguration of Read more
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Muslim First Responder Eulogizes Sgt. Shiloh Siman Tov Who Died of His Injuries Sustained in a Fatal Car Accident on Highway Six
Muawia Kabha was the first responder at the fatal car accident on Highway 6 on February 13th that claimed the lives of three Golani soldiers. Kabha, who is Muslim, is a United Hatzalah volunteer paramedic. He had been driving his car home and was passing the Nizzane Oz interchange of Highway 6 when United Hatzalah’s Read more
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Tonight We Celebrate
My name is Benny Dadush, and I am a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT. I live and volunteer in Or Yehuda, a town in which everyone knows me, especially my fellow EMS volunteers. Our team of first responders in the area really feels like a second family. What really made that feeling apparent was something that Read more
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On The Way To The Office, EMS Responders Saves 9-Month Old From Choking
On Sunday morning, United Hatzalah Dispatch and Command Center in Jerusalem received a call that a baby was choking in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of Jerusalem. Volunteer EMT first responders Yechiel Gurfein and Daniel Katzenstein who live in the neighborhood raced to the scene. As they arrived, Gurfein hearing that the call was six flights Read more
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CEO of Israel’s Health Ministry Moshe Bar Siman-Tov Meets K-9 Life Saver
Moshe Bar Siman-Tov the Director of the Health Ministry toured United Hatzalah headquarters in Jerusalem on Wednesday and was impressed by what he saw. Following the visit Bar Siman-Tov said that he sees United Hatzalah as an integral part of the emergency rescue services in Israel. “We all wish to thank you for your readiness Read more
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How I Found Myself a New Family
Dana Attias is a United Hatzalah EMT volunteer in training. On Wednesday night, Attias helped deliver a baby girl, the first delivery that she has ever participated in as an emergency medical technician (EMT). Just as Valentine’s Day was coming to a close, Attias volunteered to take an ambulance shift in her hometown of Tel Aviv. Being Read more
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United Hatzalah Opens New Chapter In Kiev, Inaugurates Ambulance In Uman
A moving ceremony took place on Sunday night in the central Chabad house of Kiev in Ukraine. 20 new volunteer EMTs graduated from their lengthy training program and will now be joining United Hatzalah’s worldwide network of EMS volunteers. The EMT first responders will provide first aid and EMS coverage to all medical emergencies that Read more
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United Hatzalah Receives Award From Panama Home Front Command for Partnership in Life-Saving
Today we had the honor to witness Jose Donderis who serves as the Chief of SINAPROC (The National Protection & Civil Defense and Home Front Command of Panama) present United Hatzalah’s President and Founder Eli Beer with an award honoring the organizational partnership shared between the two in saving lives. The award was given due Read more
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ER Volunteer Finishes Shift And Heads Home To Deliver A Baby
On Monday night, after an incredibly long day, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Bentzi Goldberg arrived home and was about to relax, when his radio alerted him to a woman giving birth two blocks away. He turned around raced to the address in time to help the woman deliver her baby girl. Goldberg, who teaches in Read more