Archives: Stories
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Team of women first responders helped deliver a baby in Leshem
On Sunday night at around 8:00 p.m., a woman went into labor in her home in Yishuv Leshem which is located in Samaria. She had visited the hospital that same morning because she had felt like she was nearing labor but was sent home after being examined by the doctors. That evening, her water broke. Read more
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Happy To Be Alive
On Monday morning, a man in his 40s was shopping when he suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed inside a storefront on Ye’elim Boulevard in Be’er Sheva. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and Deputy Chapter Head of the Be’er Sheva region Avinoam Yaakov was at his home when he received the emergency alert from United Hatzalah’s Read more
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Two Yechiels On Bicycles Save The Life Of a Man In A Cafe Next To Machane Yehuda Market
On Sunday evening, at around 6:00 p.m., in a cafe on Chaim Valero street in Jerusalem, a 67-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest. Yechiel Gurfein, a United Hatzalah of Israel volunteer EMT and photographer from Jerusalem, immediately received the notification alerting him to the emergency on his communication device. He hopped on his electric bicycle Read more
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Giving An 80-Year-Old Another Lease on Life
On Monday morning at around 9:00 a.m., a man in his 80s who was sitting on his front porch on Hazemorah street in Ofakim suffered from a heart attack in his chair. When his family members found him slumped unconscious in his chair, they immediately called emergency services for help. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, Yakov Read more
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The Quick Arrival of two EMTs saves cardiac arrest victim
On Thursday afternoon at around 9:30 a.m., a 65-year-old man lost consciousness while spray painting his bike in the park on Daniel Street in Bat Yam. A passerby who witnessed his collapse immediately called emergency medical services for help. United Hatzalah of Israel volunteer EMT and deputy head of the Bat Yam branch of the Read more
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EMTs Save Unconscious Man in Ra’anana After He Choked on A Hamburger
Just before 7:00 p.m. on Sunday evening, a man ordered a hamburger in a restaurant on Rambam Street in Ra’anana. The man exited the restaurant and took a bit of the burger which got lodged in his throat. He choked on the food and after a short struggle collapsed right outside the restaurant. Worried customers Read more
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Gindi Equities, a Mission-Driven Multi-family Investment Company, Donates First Foldable Ambucar to United Hatzalah, Kicking Off New Tradition
Al Gindi is a third-generation co-founder of Gindi Equities a successful real estate company that invests in multifamily real estate (GindiEquities.com). He is also a third-generation donor to many Jewish causes both in the U.S. and in Israel, among them is United Hatzalah. “I am grateful to have learned everything from the most amazing role Read more
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One Year After Being Injured In An Act of Violence, EMT Saves Car Accident Victim
Eiad Azem is a United Hatzalah volunteer from the city of Tayibe, an Arab city in central Israel, and the deputy head of the team there. He is an incredible person who is always willing to help others. Eiad continues to volunteer and respond to emergencies, despite having been attacked himself during a violent incident Read more
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New Batch Of EMTs To Begin Training in Uman, Ukraine
At the beginning of the week, United Hatzalah held an event for first responders in the city of Uman in recognition and appreciation of their life-saving work during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. As part of the event, the active volunteers were given certificates of appreciation and new defibrillators were given to many of the volunteers Read more
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One Of Those Days Where I Save A Life
At around 1:45 p.m. on Sunday, a 70-year-old man collapsed unconscious after suffering from a cardiac arrest on Hanitah Street in the Neve Sha’anan neighborhood of Haifa. As a result of the fall, he also sustained a large laceration on his forehead. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Dudi Cohen works with youth at risk and Read more