Archives: Stories
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Responding From Home And En Route
On Monday morning at around 7:30 a.m, an older woman suffered a cardiac arrest on Matityahu Street in the town of Gan Yavneh. Worried family members called emergency services for help. Seconds later, United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs Tal Mor and Eran Leibovich received an alert on their communication devices. Tal was driving down Route 4 Read more
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Soccer Fan Suffers Cardiac Arrest Mid-Game Rescued By On-Scene Paramedic
Almost three weeks ago, on Monday evening at the soccer game between Hapoel Be’er Sheva and Maccabi Haifa in the Yaakov Turner Toto Stadium in Be’er Sheva, Yossi Cohen, a 42-year-old man, suffered a cardiac arrest. Fortunately, United Hatzalah volunteer paramedic Gal Mazor was there as part of the medical team that United Hatzalah sends Read more
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Highlighting Some of Our Women Physicians on Women Physicians Day
Highlighting Some of Our Women Physicians As part of our Year Of The Volunteer project, we will be highlighting volunteers from across the country who give of themselves and their time to help others each and every day. It is time to recognize these heroes for the work that they do both as volunteer first Read more
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Connecting Me To The World – Ten Kavod Kiryat Ata
Ten Kavod Kiryat Ata – The story of David Hezi and Masaud Turgeman David Hezi is one of the older volunteers with United Hatzalah and is himself a pensioner in his 60s. He has been a volunteer EMT with the organization for the past five years, but also spends time volunteering with the organization’s emergency Read more
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Saving A Life During A Funeral
On Sunday at around 5:30 p.m., a 56-year-old man lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground during his sister’s funeral in the Kiryat Gat cemetery. The surrounding attendees immediately rushed over to help and called emergency services. One of the guests started to perform CPR through a guided phone call with an emergency dispatcher as Read more
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Getting The Call Before The Heart Attack
On Monday morning a man in his late 60s, who had previous medical conditions, was lying in bed in his home on Ohel Yaakov Street and told his family that he was feeling some pain in his chest. His worried son-in-law quickly called a friend of his from work who is a volunteer EMT with Read more
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Shabbat Rescue in Karnei Shomron
On Friday at around 5:10 p.m., during the evening prayer service, a 47-year-old man lost consciousness and collapsed onto the floor of the synagogue in Karnei Shomron. Two men davening in the shul, a congregant with EMT training and a former paramedic, immediately rushed over to the man when they heard the commotion. They connected Read more
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Waking Up From A Shabbat Nap To Save a Life In Tel Aviv
Just after 12 pm on Shabbos afternoon, a man in his late 30s was jogging down Histadrut Street in Givatayim when he suddenly suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the street. Worried passersby called emergency services for help. A passing doctor who serves in the IDF saw what happened, rushed over to assist, and Read more
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Bride and Groom Rescued Amid Heavy Snowfall
On Wednesday night, snowstorm Elpis hit Israel and stranded hundreds of people in the north of the country and the Jerusalem area as highways were closed due to heavy snowfall. Among those stranded were a newly wedded bride and groom who were stuck in the Sequoia wedding hall in Ma’aleh HaChamisha, together with hundreds of Read more
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Treating a Mother And Daughter After A Car Bomb
On Tuesday morning close to 8:00 a.m., a car exploded on Carmel street in Rechovot, seemingly caused by a remotely activated bomb placed intentionally on the vehicle. The explosion sent its two passengers, a 30-year-old pregnant woman, and her one-and-a-half-year-old toddler, flying out of the car and onto the asphalt. The woman’s legs were covered Read more