Archives: Stories
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Newly Trained EMT Saves Her Own Life Due To EMT Training
On Sunday, Sarah, a recently graduated volunteer EMT with the women’s unit in United Hatzalah wasn’t feeling quite right. She did a quick mental assessment of her symptoms and compared what she felt to what she learned in her EMT training. After assessing herself with what seemed to her like a pulmonary embolism (PE) she Read more
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Remembering Ezra Schwartz Through The Families Who Saved Lives With Him
Seven years ago, in 2010, four childhood friends from Sharon, Massachusetts, Josh Hanau, Dani Lerner, Ariel Goldman, and Ezra Schwartz, and their families donated an ambucycle together to help support the work of United Hatzalah. They raised the money needed to purchase an ambucycle, a motorcycle fully equipped with all the medical equipment necessary to Read more
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United Hatzalah and Terem Medical Clinics Achieve Training Partnership
United Hatzalah and Terem Medical Clinics have recently reached a partnership agreement in which United Hatzalah ambulance team leaders can perform their clinical training during shifts in select Terem urgent care clinics throughout Israel. “The goal of our partnership is to fulfill our commitment to the Health Ministry for our ambulance team leaders to do Read more
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Rabbi David Wolpe Joins United Hatzalah International Board
Israel’s national volunteer EMS organization has added another feather in its proverbial cap with the addition of renowned rabbinical figure Rabbi David Wolpe to its International Board this past week. Rabbi Wolpe has been previously named the most influential rabbi in America by Newsweek Magazine. He was also listed as being one of the 50 Read more
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From Postal to Post Trauma – EMT Saves Child’s Life Amid Visit to Post Office
On Monday afternoon, United Hatzalah’s dispatch center received an emergency call just after 1:00 p.m. regarding a child who was choking. The child was at daycare when he choked on a piece of a cookie that he was eating. United Hatzalah volunteers who worked and lived in the area received the emergency call via their Read more
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Drummer at Event Hall, Chokes and is Saved By Fellow Guest Who is a Volunteer EMT – Live Footage
A resident of Ma’alot and volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah Mordechai Mammon attended a friend’s party last week on Monday in a wedding hall in Acre. During the event, the drummer of the hall, Avraham Shitrit, choked on a piece of steak that he was eating. Mammon rushed over and performed the Heimlich maneuver on Read more
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Learning CPR is So Important Even the Knesset Is Getting Into It
It is one of the most important things that a person can learn and hope that they never use it. CPR, the Heimlich Maneuver, and other basic life-saving procedures can and do save lives when people need them the most. From the upper echelons of society to the person on the street these are skills that Read more
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I Saved My Daughter’s Life Because My Grandmother Collapsed in Front of Me
“I will never forget the image of my daughter choking before my very eyes.” This statement was made recently by Yisrael Amar, a United Hatzalah volunteer who decided to become a volunteer EMT and first responder because of a personal story that almost ended in tragedy. His grandmother collapsed spontaneously and the first ones to Read more
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Jewish and Muslim Emergency Dispatchers In Jerusalem Caught on Film Praying Together During Break
On Thursday evening two emergency response dispatchers from United Hatzalah went on their shift break and took time out to pray in the break-room. Both responders prayed their evening prayers but they were of two different religions. Working side by side as dispatchers, helping volunteers of all religions save the lives of all people from Read more
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United Hatzalah and IDF 669 Unit Hold Collaborative Training Drill in Multiple Locations
On Monday evening, the IDF’s elite search and rescue unit known as 669 held an active drill in cooperation with United Hatzalah EMS personnel and Israel’s Search and Rescue Units. Volunteers from Beit Shemesh, Rehovot, Ramla and Lod, joined together with the helicopter evacuation unit of 669 in order to practice emergency evacuations under a Read more