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Quick Intervention By EMTs Saves The Life Of A Holon Man
On Monday morning just after 10:00 a.m., a 75-year-old man who suffers from a disability fell from his wheelchair and sustained a serious head injury on Sderot Yerushalayim Street. The man was semi-conscious and confused when his wife called United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center, but he quickly deteriorated and lost consciousness completely. David Yashr Read more
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Saving a Child The Day He Brought Home His Own
On Thursday morning in Kiryat Ata, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yechezkel Solomons was getting ready to bring home his wife and new baby boy from the hospital. Yechezkel’s wife had given birth two days before, and he had just finished preparing all of the essentials for the baby that morning. He went out to pray Read more
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The Best Birthday Gift – Her Son’s Life
Gal is a United Hatzalah volunteer from Or HaGanuz, a town in northern Israel. On Thursday afternoon, Gal and his 15-year-old son went out for sushi in a Netanya mall. From across the restaurant, Gal noticed a few kids running around when one of them suddenly stopped and seemed still. Gal quickly walked over and Read more
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From Selichot To Lifesaving
On Sunday morning at 3:40 a.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Hillel Hamoi was just preparing to go to bed. He had just come home from Jerusalem, where he attended Selichot prayers with a number of friends from Holon. As he was about to go to sleep, the siren on his emergency alert phone began to Read more
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Eli Beer Responds To Pashkvillim Decrying United Hatzalah As Transgressing Laws of Modesty By Training Women EMTs
Earlier this week, posters went up in the more Charedi sections of Beit Shemesh accusing United Hatzalah of transgressing the prohibition of yichud by training female EMTs to respond to medical emergencies. Extremist elements in the Charedi community of Ramat Beit Shemesh posted the pashkvillim that declared that having women respond to emergencies, which even Read more
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Going the Distance To Save a Life
On Wednesday morning, just after 4:00 a.m., United Hatzalah Dispatch and Command Center was notified about a serious medical emergency taking place in the southern neighborhood of Gilo in Jerusalem. An older woman has been found by her loved ones unconscious and unresponsive in her home. Dispatchers sent the notification to local EMTs in the Read more
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Runners Raise Half-a-Million Dollars For United Hatzalah In 5K Race
Over 400 runners from five different countries joined together as part of the second annual Race To Save Lives 5k and raised $500,000 in support of the lifesaving efforts of United Hatzalah in Israel. The runners took upon themselves to run at least 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) wherever they chose in order to maintain safety Read more
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Groom Breaks The Glass and His Foot Under The Chuppah
On Sunday evening in Rishon LeZion, a groom broke more than the glass under the chuppah during his wedding in the Rose Garden wedding hall. The groom sustained a serious injury to his leg when he followed the traditional Jewish custom of breaking the glass under the Chuppah in order to remember the destruction of Read more
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Attending The Wedding Of The Soldier He Saved Six Years Prior
On a Wednesday, October 21st, 2015, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Michael Cohen was on his way home to the town of Adam from Jerusalem, on his ambucycle, when his communications device alerted him to a medical emergency that occurred just outside the town. A terrorist had stabbed a soldier and the bleeding was extremely severe, Read more
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United Hatzalah Receives Permit To Operate Mobile Intensive Care Ambulances Without A Doctor
United Hatzalah became only the second organization in Israel to receive permission from Israel’s Health Ministry to operate a mobile intensive care ambulance (MICU) without the oversight of a physician on board. According to Health Ministry regulations, all MICU ambulances are required to be staffed by both a physician and a paramedic. In 2015, the Read more