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How EMS Teams Dealt with the Haifa Carmelit Fire on Shabbat
On Saturday afternoon, United Hatzalah dispatch center sent out an urgent call to the Haifa area EMTs who were established as the Shabbat duty officers regarding the fire in the Carmelit subway system. The first responder who arrived on scene was Yishai Shachar. Shachar reported that he saw smoke emanating from the subway tunnels. Quickly Read more
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Bringing in Shabbat – EMT Style
In Judaism, the holiest time of the week is Friday night. Traditionally a person prepares themselves to accept or greet the Shabbat in a way that they would accept and greet a bride or a queen. However, for some EMS personnel in Israel, that is not always possible. Recently, Ezra Gottlieb, and ambucycle driver Read more
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EMT Saves Mother and Son Within Two Days of Each Other
Last Saturday night at 11:30 PM, Daniel Klughaupt had just gone to sleep when he received an urgent alert about a woman who had collapsed in his own building! Literally jumping out of bed, Daniel, while still in his pajamas, rushed to the 8th-floor apartment, arriving in 60 seconds! He found a panicked man beside Read more
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Plainview Community Gathers in Support of Saving Lives in Israel
President and Founder of United Hatzalah, Eli Beer, spoke to a large crowd gathered at the Manetto Hill Synagogue in Plainview, NY, on Sunday. The speech kicked off an ongoing campaign that has been undertaken by the synagogue to raise money to purchase new ambucycles for the emergency medical services (EMS) organization in Israel. The Read more
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How I Became a Volunteer EMT and Saved my Own Daughter
How did I become a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah? That is usually one of the best questions that you can ask anyone who volunteers with the national EMS organization. That is because hiding behind the decision to join the national network of volunteer EMS personnel, usually lies an incredible story. 3,200 EMTs, paramedics, and Read more
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Volunteer EMT Demonstrates How EMS in Israel is All About the Community
Dov Rubin of Elad is a volunteer EMT who has inspired a community. Rubin, a dedicated husband and father of 6, works as a food importer and has been volunteering for United Hatzalah for nearly four years. Rubin has always been involved in community work, but was driven to become an EMT after witnessing a Read more
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In mass terror attacks, psychologists on the heels of EMTs
First responders include trained psychologists and social workers to help witnesses reconnect to reality in the face of trauma As reported by the Times of Israel Emergency first responders weren’t the only people speeding towards the terror attack on the Haas Promenade in Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon, in which a truck plowed into a group Read more
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Expanding the United Hatzalah Family in Arad
Every year, the city of Arad, together with the local community center, “Tapuach Payis,” holds a health awareness week in which residents of the Negev are invited to learn more about the health care system and living a healthy lifestyle. This year, Avi Elyahani who is one of the organizers, invited United Hatzalah, to participate. Read more
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Trauma expert tells of ‘horrific’ scene at suspected Jerusalem murder-suicide
From the Jerusalem Post: One day after witnessing the immediate aftermath of a mother who reportedly killed her four young daughters, then took her own life in the family’s Jerusalem apartment, the head of United Hatzalah’s Trauma and Crisis Response Unit recalled the nightmarish scene. Miriam Ballin, who leads the unit, said she arrived at Read more
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The Most Appropriate and Effective Response to Terrorism
As printed in the Jewish Press: Unfortunately, Israel has suffered from all too many terror attacks. One might think it would be natural for a society that has suffered as many attacks as Israel has to become desensitized to such atrocities. Israel, however, has not succumbed to such a fate. Our enemies commit attack after Read more