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Netanya Infant Suffering Allergic Reaction Saved By An EpiPen
Two weeks ago, on Sunday, at a gas station near Netanya, a family was out dining in a restaurant with their one-year-old baby girl. After 30 minutes their baby had an allergic reaction to some of the food she had been eating. Her worried parents called emergency services for help. United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Read more
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Woman Suffers Severe Allergic Reaction Saved by a United Hatzalah Doctor in Givat Shmuel
Last week on Wednesday, a woman in her 40s had a severe allergic reaction in her home in Givat Shmuel. The reaction came after she came into contact with food to which she is allergic. The woman started to swell and had trouble breathing as her throat began to close up. She called emergency services Read more
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Three Men Reunited With The Rescuers Who Saved Their Lives
On Sunday night, three individuals who suffered cardiac arrests in separate incidents were reunited with the United Hatzalah volunteers who saved their lives as part of a special event celebrating the lifesaving work of volunteers from the Carmel region of the organization that took place in Kiryat Ata. In attendance at the event were MKs Read more
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7-Month-Old Bedouin Baby Who Drowned In A Pail of Water Revived By Doctor and Volunteer EMT
On Tuesday night, a 7-month-old baby girl drowned in a water bucket at her home in the Bedouin town of Lakiya in the Negev. Her parents brought her to the local HMO clinic, where a doctor immediately alerted emergency services. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Same Abu Ayish, a resident of Lakiya, was visiting a friend Read more
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Wrestling With the Angel of Death and Prevailing
On Sunday morning just after 2:00 AM, an elderly man suffered a cardiac arrest on Hiya Ubanav Street in Tiberias. His panicked daughter alerted emergency services and also made sure to call Yair Nahum, a family acquaintance and volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah who lives nearby. Yair was fast asleep when his phone rang from Read more
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‘’Being in the right place at the right time’’
On Sunday morning around 10 am, a young boy approximately eight years old was crossing the street when he was struck by a car and severely injured. The accident took place at the Hapikud intersection, near Nazareth during rush hour. Many people rushed to assist the injured boy and the scene attracted a lot of Read more
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“Direct Missile Strike” – Mass Casualty Incident Training Drill Held By United Hatzalah and IDF in Kibbutz Kvutzat Yavneh
“Direct Missile Strike!” – On Monday evening that was the emergency alert received by dozens of first responders in the region of Kvutzat Yavneh as part of the joint training drill that was conducted by United Hatzalah and the IDF. Responders rushed to the scene and began to treat the simulated injuries, just as they Read more
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Yamam Officer Noam Raz Commemorated As Volunteer House Inaugurated In His Memory
On Monday, four months after veteran police commando Noam Raz fell in combat, a United Hatzalah Volunteer House was inaugurated in his memory in the community of Adei Ad in the Binyamin region. Raz, who served as a volunteer paramedic with the organization, as well as a fighter and paramedic in the elite Yamam counterterror Read more
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An Immigrant Doctor, A Soldier, and His Father, Save A Life During Friday Night Dinner
Last Friday night, a woman choked while having dinner with her family in a well-known restaurant in Modi’in. Her relatives immediately alerted emergency services, and were relieved to see two United Hatzalah EMTs arrive at the scene within mere seconds. Yehuda Neikrug and his son Sagiv had been having their own Friday night dinner together Read more
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Beitar Illit Man and Haifa Woman Saved in Separate Incidents Involving Successful CPR 15 minutes apart
On Tuesday morning two people were saved after suffering cardiac arrests thanks to the quick intervention of emergency medical personnel. The first incident took place on Hatanya Street in Beitar Illit just before 9:00 a.m. when a man in his 70s suddenly collapsed and was longer responding to queries from his wife. The distraught woman Read more