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  • Multi-vehicle accident, multiple critical injuries

    As every United Hatzalah ambucycle, ambucycle 448 is on duty 24/7/365 helping save lives every single day. Ariel Atias, the driver of said ambucycle, told us an incredible story that occured to him – and his ambucycle.  Ariel was alerted to a serious multi-vehicle accident on the highway. Driving his ambucycle he was first to arrive in an Read more

  • Truck accident and the speedy birth of a breech baby

    Truck accident and the speedy birth of a breech baby

    Ambucycle # 434 is often spotted racing the streets of Jerusalem on the way to save a life. Its driver, Avi Becker, responds to emergency calls every day. Avi received a dispatch about a vehicular accident involving a truck. His ambucycle was immediately speeding to the scene, arriving in under a minute. A flatbed truck hauling Read more

  • Head injury of elderly man

    Just a couple of days ago, Yonaton Beshari, one of United Hatzalah’s many dedicated EMTs was alerted to a road accident. Jumping onto his speedy ambucycle, Yonaton was at the site of the emergency in just over a minute, together with another United Hatzalah volunteer. An elderly man had fallen backwards while boarding a bus and Read more

  • First on scene – for 12 minutes

    First on scene – for 12 minutes

    Last Monday UH medic David Badar received the dispatch about a two-truck accident on Highway #4 near his home. He responded immediately on his ambucycle and arrived within two minutes first on the scene. This was all the more critical because the ensuing traffic caused by the accident made vehicular access difficult and delayed the ambulances. Read more

  • Fire victims saved

    Fire victims saved

    Last week volunteer Shmuel Murdo was called to a structure fire on Herzl Street in Tel Aviv. He jumped on your ambucycle (279) arriving within 3 minutes. Bright flames were blazing out of the building window and billowing clouds of black smoke could be seen from quite a distance. Shmuel and three other United Hatzalah Read more

  • Brit Milah baby stops breathing

    A few months ago a young couple brought their precious 8 day-old son to their local synagogue for his brit mila. The ceremony was emotional and fulfilling but quickly turned to horror as the infant suddenly stopped breathing and went limp in the hands of one of the family members at the ceremony. Someone in Read more

  • Mother, baby and 4 year-old hit by car

    Mother, baby and 4 year-old hit by car

    One of United Hatzalah’s ambucycles has been in the field for almost 4 years saving lives each and every day. On April 1, 2014 a young mother was crossing the street at a crosswalk in the Talpiot section of Jerusalem with her 4 year-old daughter at her side and her baby in the carriage when they Read more

  • Hatzalah medic saves wedding

    Hatzalah medic saves wedding

    One young Chatan at the beginning of March put his foot down wrong on his wedding night. Apparently, as he stomped on the customary glass cup under the Chuppah a sharp point pierced the side of his fancy shoe and sliced his foot. The call went out and ambucycle medic Yoni Bashari on ambucycle 248 Read more

  • Little girl with high fever saved

    Yitzhak Zak, a United Hatzalah volunteer serving the Haifa Bay area received a call about a 2 year old girl who was having seizures due to a high fever. He hopped on his ambucycle and arrived first on the scene. He observed that the situation was rapidly deteriorating as the child was now unconscious, bluish in Read more

  • 3-car accident next to Bnei Brak

    One Sunday, in the middle of April Aryeh, a United Hatzalah volunteer, was driving on Highway #4 near Bnei Brak when he spotted a major 3-car accident that had just occurred. Two cars were turned over on their sides and the third was badly banged up. Aryeh immediately called the United Hatzalah dispatch with the Read more