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Religious Muslim Woman Spends Her Time Saving Lives In Israel
On Wednesday morning, one of the more active emergency medical service (EMS) volunteers in Umm al-Fahm, an Arab town located in Wadi Ara, responded to a car accident that saw two people lightly injured. The volunteer EMT treated both of the injured parties after they were evacuated from their vehicles by the Fire and Rescue Read more
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Bnei Brak’s EMS Ambucycle Volunteers Kick Off Safe Driving Campaign
United Hatzalah’s Ambucycle unit in the city of Bnei Brak has recently been upgraded and now possesses a total of 31 ambucycles. These ambucycles are driven by dedicated EMS volunteers who give up their time in order to save others 365 days-a-year. Last week these volunteers got together for some extra training and a bit Read more
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United Hatzalah Receives European Award for Excellence in Innovative Technology Thanks To Some Help From A Florida Supporter
Last Thursday, United Hatzalah Founder and President Eli Beer was presented with the CER prize for innovative technology that is helping to repair the world. The CER prize is given annually to three selected individuals or organizations whose technological innovations are reshaping the world and making it better for all of humanity. The award was Read more
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Bringing the Light of Life On A Cross-Country Ride
To spread the light of Chanukah and the word of the life-saving activities done by United Hatzalah and their volunteers, a group of 11 extreme bicycle riders will be crossing Israel on a 24-hour marathon bicycle ride from Metula to Eilat on the second night and day of Chanukah. The ride, which begins Wednesday with Read more
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Bicycle Responder of Ramat HaSharon Who Saved 2,500 People Recognized by Community
Ramat Hasharon Hesder Yeshiva Student, Meir Farkash (25), is known to be the pinnacle lifesaver of his city. Over the past four years in which Farkash has been a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, Farkash has responded to more than 2,500 emergency calls. Among his myriad of emergency calls, more than 300 have been life-threatening. What’s Read more
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EMT in Training Saves A Life While Playing Tennis
Friday morning a week ago at the Jerusalem Tennis Center, Joel Atkin, a student of United Hatzalah’s NREMT training program helped resuscitate an older man who had collapsed a few courts down from where Atkin was playing his daily tennis game. “I try to play tennis every day. I recently began training to be an Read more
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“Dear Rabbi, Please Excuse My Son for Being Late to School Today, His Father Was Performing CPR on a Stranger.”
United Hatzalah volunteers work across the country and treat close to 900 people per day. Yesterday morning a story occurred that gave us a glimpse into the less talked about side of how their volunteering can affect their lives and the lives of those close to them. In one situation, one of the many medical Read more
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Jaffa Explosion – Perspective From a First Responder
One of the most difficult things to do as a first responder is to prepare yourself mentally for the situation that you are about to walk into. There are so many variables and so many unknowns that take place in a chaotic scene such as the fire last night in Jaffa that claimed the lives Read more
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Innovation Overcomes Looming Tech. Crisis in Israel
In March 2018, an existential crisis will be hitting Israel’s emergency services organizations. That is the date when service will be suspended indefinitely for all IDEN 2G network phones which includes the current Motorola push to talk (PTT) devices used by Israeli Police, military, security organizations, and EMS organizations such as MDA, Zaka and United Read more
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Dramatic Rescue: Eli Beer Saved a Man’s Life Mid-Flight This Morning
“This morning I had the privilege to save a life in mid-air.” so said the President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer, who treated a man on an El Al flight from Newark to Tel Aviv for severe hypoglycemia. The in-flight treatment that Beer provided took the patient from a glucose level of 40 Read more