Last week, during Pesach (spring) break, 20-year-old yeshiva student Shmuel Vaknin suffered a heat stroke while hiking in Nahal Arugot in the Ein Gedi Reserve. The young man was in serious condition in an area that is difficult to access and his friends alerted emergency services. Military EMT and United Hatzalah volunteer Chemi Trachtenberg, who Read more

 Last December, Yoel Souisa Z”L, a Dimona resident and United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was riding his ambucycle (emergency motorcycle) on Highway 25 in the Negev when he was struck by a car that carelessly inserted itself into the highway from a side road. Yoel was transported to the hospital in critical condition. He later succumbed Read more

Yesterday, on board El Al flight LY7 from Tel Aviv to New York, an unexpected medical emergency occurred when a young passenger suffered a severe anaphylactic attack after inadvertently eating something he was allergic to. The individual, a 16-year-old male, began to experience breathing difficulties and a choking sensation in his throat, which quickly escalated Read more

Last Wednesday, Mordechai Greenstein attended his first Mimouna, the celebration held by North African Jewish communities at the end of the Pesach festival, tasting the traditional mufletas for the first time in his life. For Mordechai, a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor from Ma’alot Tarshiha, religious celebrations don’t come easy. Mordechai was born in the city of Read more

In the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, on Saturday night just before 9:00 P.M., an apartment building caught fire, causing residents to immediately alert emergency services. David Even, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, received an alert on his communications device and quickly responded to the emergency with his father Yechezkel, who also volunteers as a Read more

Over the past two weeks, United Hatzalah of Israel has been hit with tens of thousands of cyberattacks as part of the larger hacker attack against Israeli institutions known as OpIsrael. The attacks, which have put a major focus on attacking government sites, and websites of health and educational institutions, have targeted the national EMS Read more

On Tuesday, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Benny Meshulam was on his way to work from his home in Beer Yaakov when he noticed the traffic in the opposite lane come to an abrupt halt. Benny witnessed two young men lying on the sidewalk with a commotion around them. “At first, I didn’t understand what was Read more

On Saturday night, a man in his mid-70s choked on bread that he was eating for dinner at his home on Nachal Lakish Street in Ashdod. After witnessing the incident, worried family members called medical services for help. Yehuda Akrish, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, happened to be nearby the incident when his proximity alert Read more

United Hatzalah’s Young Leadership official kickoff event of 2023 was graciously hosted by Jojo Anavim, at his world-famous studio in Manhattan. The event was filled with the highest quality Kosher Sushi, drinks, and friends. The walls were decorated with the work of Jojo Anavim, a renowned American contemporary visual artist and proud supporter of United Read more

Passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 141 from Tel Aviv to Chigaco last Thursday were in for a surprise when not one, but two medical emergencies occurred on board the plane during the flight across Europe and the Atlantic ocean. The flight took off at 1:00 a.m. and shortly after departure a 60-year-old man lost consciousness Read more