Archives: Stories
-
Woman saves her own daughter two days after graduating safe-family first-aid course
When Lital Halperin participated in United Hatzalah’s first-aid course two weeks ago, she did not know that only two days after finishing the course she would need the training to save her own daughter’s life. Lital is a mother of three and lives in Mitzpe Ramon, where she participated in a Mishpaha Betucha (Safe Family) Read more
-
Irving Moskowitz: May His Memory Be a Blessing
United Hatzalah’s leadership, staff and thousands of volunteers are mourning the loss of one of the organizations greatest friends and supporters, Irving Moskowitz – may his memory be a blessing . It says in the Talmud ‘He who saves a life it is as if he saves an entire world.’ Irving was a man who Read more
-
Volunteer EMS personnel supporting local hospitals in Israel in a winning partnership
Six years ago, Israel’s volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization, United Hatzalah, made waves in Rambam hospital when they began a program that significantly cut down waiting times in the emergency room (ER) and helped ER nurses treat patients faster. What has become known as the Hospital Liaison Program, involved volunteer EMTs and paramedics from Read more
-
British Ambassador Inspired by Israeli EMS Innovation
The British Ambassador to Israel, David Quarrey, visited the headquarters of Israeli volunteer emergency medical service (EMS) organization United Hatzalah in Jerusalem, on Tuesday afternoon. During the visit, Quarrey was introduced to a number of the organization’s community-based emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and toured the organization’s command and dispatch center, which utilizes cutting-edge proprietary GPS Read more
-
United Hatzalah Team Leader Reports: Treating Trauma After Terror
Watch United Hatzalah ambucycles zoom through last night’s traffic jam surrounding the terror attack on the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv. This is what it means that when just a few seconds can mean the difference between life and death, United Hatzalah’s medics are there to save lives. Also, listen to Avi Steinherz, the new Read more
-
Leaving his prayers and family behind, EMT rushes to infant burn-victim’s aid
Ariel Amrani is a husband, father of two, and a student. He also works as an emergency room volunteer, and is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT who races to medical emergencies whenever he is called. Just over a week ago, Amrani was called upon to save an infant who had suffered severe burns to her Read more
-
Israel’s national volunteer EMS organization honored by Florida community
On the same day that saw Israel’s national volunteer EMS service respond to yet another terror attack in Jerusalem, the Miami community in Florida honored that same emergency medical service (EMS). This was one of the numerous events in which Israel’s volunteer EMS service United Hatzalah was honored around the United States during the week around Israel’s Read more
-
Florida School Children Donate Defibrillator to Save Lives in Israel
Daniel Katz, Boca Raton resident and founder of the Katz Day School, together with his family, walked into United Hatzalah headquarters on Monday, April 25th, the third day of Passover, and donated an ambucycle with his future in-laws, Moshe and Shari Hirth. The ambucycle donation was made in honor of his daughter’s engagement to the Read more
-
50 new medics to provide EMS coverage for Sderot and Gaza periphery in honor of Daniel Tragerman
As part of their graduation test and ceremony, 50 new United Hatzalah EMTs trained on providing emergency medical services (EMS) to multiple victims during a practice mass casualty incident. The training incident drilled the EMTs on how to respond to a rocket impact on a local school in Sderot causing tens of casualties. The training Read more
-
Jerusalem man’s life saved by his own donation to annual United Hatzalah Chinese Auction
The siren’s wail of Israel’s volunteer EMS organization United Hatzalah ambucycles shattered the still night of the normally quiet Jerusalem street, as two volunteer medics rushed to a man who had collapsed on a park bench. The man was grabbing his chest, wracked with pain. The medics jumped off their ambucycles, grabbed their emergency medical Read more