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Passing EMTs Save Life Of Unconscious Man In Ramat Gan
On Sunday evening at around 4:45 p.m., a 62-year-old man with a history of cardiological diseases, suffered a cardiac incident and lost consciousness while driving to the dialysis center on HaTa’as Street in Ramat Gan. A passerby at the scene witnessed the car veer right and drive up onto the sidewalk, crashing straight into a Read more
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EMT Rescues Five People From Burning Building In Bedouin Town
Late Sunday afternoon, a fire broke out in a residential building in the Bedouin town of Kuseife. Two women and three children were stuck inside the burning improvised building, petrified by fear, and were unable to get out. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and Gush Etzion Chapter Head, Danny Gur, was driving down Route 31 when Read more
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And They Went Together – United Hatzalah EMTs Avraham and Yitzchak Leave Early in The Morning To Save The Life Of A Holon Resident
On Sunday morning at around 7:30 AM, an 89-year-old man lost consciousness in his apartment on Sokolov street in Holon. When his caretaker found him unresponsive, he called emergency services for help, the closest medical volunteers were notified and dispatched to the incident. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Avraham Samaora was on his way home from Read more
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EMT Saves The Life Of An Elderly Man, Reuniting Him With His Wife
On Wednesday evening at around 4:45 p.m., Israel’s emergency services received an urgent call from an 80-year-old man on home oxygen therapy. He was suffering from shortness of breath in his home on Ein Tsukim Street in Kiryat Gat and required immediate medical assistance. A mobile intensive care ambulance was dispatched to the scene and Read more
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Working Together in Kfar Saba To Save Lives
Just before 11 p.m. on Saturday night, a United Hatzalah ambulance led by Tanya Kuchar Weil was departing the emergency room parking lot at Meir Hospital when they received an emergency alert regarding an unconscious woman in a senior’s residence in Kfar Saba. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Tamar Greenbaum Ben Ari, was volunteering at the Read more
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Learning From One Another -Ten Kavod Ariel – The Story of Shlomo Cohen and Valery Delegach
Shlomo Cohen Shlomo lives in the city of Ariel located in central Samaria and is currently studying Civil Engineering at Ariel University. He is part of the Impact student program which provides scholarships to students in return for volunteering. Shlomo visits a senior citizen by the name of Valery Delegach who immigrated to Israel Read more
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Trio of EMT Treat Perform Successful CPR on Petach Tikvah Pedestrian
On Tuesday morning at around 8:00 a.m., a woman on the footpath next to Highway 471 in Petach Tikvah suffered a heart attack and fell to the ground, losing consciousness. The woman received a large wound on her chin from the fall which began to bleed profusely. A witness to the scene rushed over to Read more
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New App Connects Electric Scooters To Emergency Dispatchers With The Push Of a Button
Wind, the electric scooter rental company, which operates its services all over Israel, has launched a new feature that allows users to contact United Hatzalah’s call center in case of a real-time need for medical assistance pertaining to both riders and passersby’s. This service is enabled through the click of a button integrated directly into Read more
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Muslim EMT Leaves Children At Home To Perform Successful CPR on A Jewish Man
On Tuesday morning at around 8:00 a.m., a 40-year-old man suffered a heart attack in his home in the town of Katzir as he climbed out of bed. His family members found him unconscious on the floor by his bedside, blood trickling down from his head from the blow he received when he hit the Read more
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EMTs Perform Successful CPR on Karmiel Woman
On Wednesday evening at around 8:00 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteers received an emergency alert informing of a 72-year-old woman suffering from shortness of breath and in need of immediate medical attention on Sha’ar HaGai street in Karmiel. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yehudah Yosefi immediately rushed over. “As I pulled up in front of the house, Read more