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Treating An Injured Motorcyclist Amid A Field Transfer
On Sunday night at around 11:00 p.m., a 35-year-old motorcyclist was racing along the dimly lit streets in the northern town of Jadeidi-Makr. All of a sudden, he lost control of the vehicle, crashed, and flew off of it, sustaining a broken nose and abrasions and contusions all over his body. A local town ambulance Read more
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Arab Man Shot in Tamra, Rescued By First Responders
On Wednesday night at around 9:30 p.m., a 45-year-old man was in the soccer field in Tamra, an Arab city in the lower Galilee, when he was shot by an armed gunman. He sustained serious injuries having been shot five times; four times in the leg and once on his arm. Emergency services were called, Read more
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After Nearly Drowning in a Local Pool, 4-Year-Old Boy Saved By a Lifeguard and First Responders
At around 1:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, a 4-year-old boy was swimming in a pool in Pardes Chana when he suddenly suffered a seizure and began to consume a lot of water, causing him to start drowning. The people around the boy started screaming in panic and hysteria because the boy was unresponsive. They didn’t Read more
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Muslim Paramedic Joins Collaborative Operation To Rescue Jewish Ukrainian Refugees
On June 21st, two Ukrainian refugees began the final leg of their journey to a new home in Israel. In a collaborative operation run by the JDC, The Jewish Agency, and United Hatzalah, the two refugees, each suffering from a severe medical condition, were brought to Israel to receive medical care. The JDC brought the Read more
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Saving A Suspected Overdose Patient
On Friday morning at around 9:00 a.m., a 35-year-old man suddenly lost consciousness in his room in a hostel in Tel Aviv. Guests of the establishment called emergency services for help as the man was not responding to them, and they were unsure what to do. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Tzadik Hakal was riding his Read more
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Givat Shmuel Man Suffers Cardiac Arrest Mid-Workout, Saved By Fellow Gym Members
On Sunday morning just after 6:00 a.m. a man who was exercising in a gym HaZetitim Street in Givat Shmuel suddenly collapsed in the middle of his workout. A personal trainer from the gym who saw what had happened ran over to the man and checked his vital signs. Finding none, the trainer initiated CPR Read more
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Multi-Faith Mass Casualty Incident Training Exercise Held In Ramla
United Hatzalah of Israel held a mass casualty incident training exercise on Wednesday evening in Park Ofer in Ramla. The goal of the exercise was to train volunteers from the Coastal region and allow them to experience the chaos of such an incident while gaining first-hand experience in dealing with these types of scenarios. The Read more
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Two Severe Anaphylactic Shock Victims Are Saved in Less Than An Hour By EMTs Carrying Epipens
On Tuesday morning just after 11:00 a.m., a young girl suffered an anaphylactic reaction to milk products while attending classes in a school on Modiin St. in Tiberias. The young girl went into shock as her body reacted severely to the exposure. Staff members called emergency services for help. Yaeir Nahum runs a designer balloon Read more
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Psychotrauma Support Following Saturday’s Fatal Accident – A Delicate Balance
On Shabbat morning at around 5:00 a.m., 4 drunken teenagers were driving in a fast-moving vehicle down the highway and quickly approaching a sobriety checkpoint near the Beit Dagan intersection. Instead of slowing down, they crashed straight through the blockade and continued speeding down the road. Two policemen were left injured, and a third was Read more
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Small Acts Can Make A Big Difference
On Monday at around 2:30 p.m., a 60-year-old man sitting on a chair in a subterranean parking garage in Tel Aviv suddenly lost consciousness and keeled over. To the horror of the surrounding people, the man was completely unresponsive. They called emergency services for help. Max Hockley, a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah, was meeting Read more