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The Power of Prayer – Saving The Life Of A Drowned Man Near The Four Seasons Beach in Netanya
On Monday evening just after 8:00 p.m., a man approached a United Hatzalah ATV that was helping an elderly person traverse the sand by Sanz Beach in Netanya and told the volunteer EMT driver that his son had drowned in the water. The EMT alerted the organization’s dispatch to the incident but was unable to Read more
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Tzitzit Saved The Life Of a Bus Crash Victim
One thing that is always taught to new United Hatzalah trainees is that “A good EMT is one who can improvise in the field when things go wrong.” This saying held true for Shalom Klein, a United Hatzalah EMT who was standing at the bus stop on Shamgar Street on Thursday night with his wife Read more
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Selflessly Helping Others Is The Best Remedy – A Responder Discusses Providing Psychological First Aid After The David’s Tomb Terror Attack
By Ariel Drei At 1:45 a.m. on Sunday morning, I was dispatched to provide psychological first aid to people suffering from severe emotional stress reactions to the terror attack that took place at David’s Tomb near the old city of Jerusalem. The incident, which began at 1:24 a.m. had dozens of first responders already on Read more
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Modi’in Resident Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Revived by ‘A Couple’ of EMTs
On Monday evening, an 85-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Modi’in and collapsed unconscious. His worried caretaker called emergency services for help. Moshe Arking was on his first shift as a United Hatzalah ambulance driver together with his wife Frances and other EMTs when they received the alert. Moshe flicked Read more
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Woman Resuscitated by EMTs After Suffering A Cardiac Arrest in A Rehovot Mall
Late Monday morning, a 50-year-old woman entered a shoe store in the Rehovot shopping center when she suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed, prompting bystanders to call emergency services for help. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Aviran Sason was working in the Rehovot Municipality offices located beneath the shopping center when he received the alert from Read more
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Be’er Sheva Man Suffers Cardiac Arrest After Rocket Barrage From Gaza Fired Towards The City and Is Successfully Revived By EMTs in Mere Seconds
On Sunday night, just after 11:00 p.m., a man in his 50s in Be’er Sheva who had been feeling ill, asked his wife and son to take him to an urgent care clinic. While on the way, the man suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in the middle of an intersection on Eliyahu Nawi Street right Read more
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Violent Brawl in Kfar Yasif Leaves Resident in Serious Condition
Late Wednesday night, a violent brawl broke out close to a church in the town of Kafr Yasif in northern Israel. A man in his twenties was stabbed in the abdomen. Worried passersby called emergency services for help. United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs Moner Kawas and Jawad Mubarki were sleeping in their respective homes when Read more
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Tel Mond Man Suffers Cardiac Arrest Right in Front of EMT Who Then Proceeded To Save Him
In most cases of cardiac arrest and the initiation of CPR, the patients do not survive, and even in cases where they do, they most often take some time to regain full consciousness. On Monday morning in the town of Tel Mond, a surprising turn of events took place, one that is usually only seen Read more
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Motorist Suffers Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Ramat Gan, Successfully Resuscitated By EMS
On Monday morning just after 11:00 a.m., a man in his 40s was driving down Heftman Street in Ramat Gan when he began to feel unwell. According to eye-witnesses at the scene, he stopped his vehicle, got out, and then proceeded to collapse on the roadway. Worried passersby called emergency services for help. United Hatzalah Read more
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Man Seriously Injured in Motor Vehicle Accident on Highway 4 Reconnects With First Responders Who Saved His Life
Two weeks ago, Shimshon Shaharbani was seriously injured in a car accident that took place close to the Holot Interchange on Highway 4. On Sunday, the United Hatzalah volunteers who responded to the incident and saved his life, paramedic Tal Fleks, and EMT Dor Fridman, came to visit him at Assuta hospital in Ashdod. During Read more