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Spending Shabbat Helping Evacuees in Beaumont Texas
IRC and United Hatzalah Houston Round Up September 1st and 2nd On Friday, United Hatzalah and Israel Rescue Coalition’s (IRC) Houston relief team headed to Beaumont at the request of the Mayor of Houston, Mayor Sylvester Turner. After distributing aid to evacuated residents of the area, the team set up a booth at the Jack Read more
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Paramedic Saves a Life Thanks to Her Car Breaking Down
On Thursday afternoon, upon finishing her day of filming instructional videos for new emergency medical technicians at United Hatzalah headquarters in Jerusalem, Revital Curiel couldn’t get her car started. The regional paramedic of the organization’s Negev chapter, who also works with the chief medical training office in Jerusalem, had an issue with the remote that Read more
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United Hatzalah Opens NREMT Training Program for Gap Year/MASA Students
Students attending gap year Israel programs now have an opportunity to participate in Israel’s first officially recognized NREMT trained program. NREMT is the national registry for emergency medical technicians and is the most recognized accreditation for medical first responders in the United States. The course is being offered by United Hatzalah in a framework Read more
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From Pizza to Life Saving, Newly Trained Volunteer Gets Crash Course in How to Drop Everything and Run
This past Saturday night, Yechiel was enjoying pizza with a fellow volunteer when the pair received an urgent alert from United Hatzalah Command Center. A motorcyclist had collided with a car at a nearby intersection. Hearing their radios crackle, the owner of the pizza shop called to the medics “Hurry! You can worry about payment Read more
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United Hatzalah Builds New Chapter in Uman, Ukraine – Organization Now Active in Five Countries
A groundbreaking ceremony took place in Uman, Ukraine on Friday, ahead of the upcoming High-Holiday season. During the ceremony, United Hatzalah inaugurated a new chapter in its fifth country. The Ukranian chapter of United Hatzalah will now be spearheaded from Uman, Ukraine. Local volunteers who have joined the organization to form the chapter, received their Read more
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Working Together To Save Lives Inspiring Us All
Friday 10:30 the United Hatzalah dispatch alerts me to an unconscious man nearby to where I live in Pisgat Ze’ev. I’m sitting with my family, having just finished breakfast and my wife is with me. I look at her, she nods and I take off. I rush to my car which is a registered emergency Read more
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United Hatzalah EMT Saves a Life With Local EMS Crew While Lecturing in Wyoming
Gavy Friedson, a former Jerusalemite and a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, saved a young boy in Jackson Hole, Wyoming while he was on tour explaining how the organization works to local EMS teams. During the lecture to the Jackson Hole ambulance department and EMS teams, the local teams received a call that a 10-year-old boy Read more
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Saving Lives Together – EMS Couple Saves Two on Friday
After Miri Shvimmer, a United Hatzalah volunteer paramedic responded to three life saving calls in a few hours with Lior Ashkenazi, a fellow United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, she quipped “One might say we had a productive day.” On Friday afternoon just after 3:00 p.m. the couple responded to an emergency in which an individual jumped Read more
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When The Emergencies Keep Coming – EMS Volunteer Responds to 8 Calls In One Evening
Late one evening last week, Avner was alerted to a fire at a store in Tel Aviv and immediately raced to the scene on his ambucycle. A few minutes later, he received an alert that another fire had broken out nearby! Since there were already enough medics on-site, United Hatzalah dispatch directed him to head Read more
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United Hatzalah’s Annual Concert Puts Family in the Spotlight
As we get closer to the beginning of the holiday season, United Hatzalah is gearing up for their annual concert that will take place on Chol Hamoed Sukkot in Binyanei Ha’Umah. As opposed to previous years, this year the organization is shifting the usual focus of the event to highlight the contribution that family provides Read more