Archives: Stories
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Thankful For Those Who Care – Ten Kavod In Beit Shemesh
Shoshana Lichtman lives in the Givat Sharet neighborhood of Beit Shemesh and is a nurse by profession as well as a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT. She is married with eight children and a bunch of grandchildren. She works for Melabev and runs the center for the elderly in Beit Shemesh which specializes in Alzheimer’s and Read more
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Treating a victim of a fallen tree branch
On Sunday morning, at around 10:00 a.m., an Arab construction worker was hit in the head by a falling tree branch while working at a construction site on Ben Ish Chai Street in Beit Shemesh. The branch fell from a height of around 2 meters, leaving him with a bloody gash and causing him to Read more
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Blessing the New Year For Trees And Celebrating Lives Saved By Our EMT Farmers
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 responders and in their everyday lives. Read more
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Youngest Life-saver in Israel
A certificate of appreciation from United Hatzalah was awarded to a Bar Mitzvah boy (13-years-old) who saved the life of his four-year-old sister this past week. Rafael Rahamim, the son of United Hatzalah volunteer Yonatan Bellalou, brings his sister back from kindergarten every day. Earlier this week, Rafael Rahamim returned home with his sister, as Read more
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Real Life Rescues: The Rise of the MCI
Welcome to Real Life Rescues, a podcast that goes behind the scenes and takes an in-depth look into the operational and personal accounts of EMS first responders from Israel’s largest fully volunteer EMS provider United Hatzalah. The podcast is hosted by EMT-P (Paramedic) Dov Maisel and EMT-B (EMT) Raphael Poch. Dov Maisel, in addition to Read more
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Real Life Rescues: License To Innovate: Part 1
Welcome to Real Life Rescues, a podcast that goes behind the scenes and takes an in-depth look into the operational and personal accounts of EMS first responders from Israel’s largest fully volunteer EMS provider, United Hatzalah. The podcast is hosted by EMT-P Dov Maisel and EMT-B Raphael Poch. The world of EMS in Israel has Read more
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Real Life Rescues: License To Innovate: Part 2
Welcome to Real Life Rescues, a podcast that goes behind the scenes and takes an in-depth look into the operational and personal accounts of EMS first responders from Israel’s largest fully volunteer EMS provider United Hatzalah. The podcast is hosted by EMT-P (Paramedic) Dov Maisel and EMT-B (EMT) Raphael Poch. The world of EMS in Read more
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Early Shabbat Morning Rescue Thanks To Quick Thinking EMT and Aspirin
On Friday night at around 1:45 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Kalanit Taub was awakened from her sleep by her communication device alerting her to a medical emergency occurring nearby. A woman was experiencing extreme chest pains at her home just a few streets away. Kalanit jumped out of bed, threw on a sweater, and Read more
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EMTs go from responding to car accident to a cardiac arrest in one busy evening
On Wednesday evening at around 8:30 p.m., a 60-year-old gentleman collapsed on Ha’Atzmaut boulevard in Bat Yam after suffering a cardiac arrest. United Hatzalah volunteers Beni Mizrachi and Raziel Bney Israeli, had just finished treating patients at the scene of a serious car accident when they were alerted to the second emergency occurring nearby. Despite Read more
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Dissipating Loneliness in the Golan Heights – Ten Kavod Spotlight Week #1
The Story of United Hatzalah of Israel’s Ten Kavod project is the story of connections. Often these connections are inter-generational, wherein young volunteers, some of whom are fully trained EMTs (emergency medical technicians- 180 hours) and paramedics, while others are only trained to the level of EMR (emergency medical responders – 44 hours) visit an Read more