Archives: Stories
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Doing Everything I Can to Help
Just before 3:00 a.m. on Monday morning, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shadi Shawar, who lives in the largely Muslim neighborhood of Beit Hanina and works as a manager in customer service in a supermarket, was just finishing his shift when he suddenly received an alert from United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center. A Palestinian man Read more
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EMT’s First Successful CPR Saves Bnei Brak Woman’s Life
On Tuesday evening, at 6:00 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Haim Volis had just returned to his home in Bnei Brak after a long day at work. As Haim untied his shoelaces and relaxed on the couch, his communications device suddenly alerted him to a nearby medical emergency. A few blocks away from Haim’s home, Read more
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Beit Shemesh Mayor Thanks United Hatzalah Following Successful Mass Casualty Incident Drill
On Wednesday night, United Hatzalah of Israel held a mass-casualty-incident drill that simulated a bridge collapsing on Highway 38. The drill took place at the National Police Academy in the industrial section of Beit Shemesh. Participating in the drill together with United Hatzalah was the fire department, the police department, the IDF’s Homefront Command as Read more
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Student Leaves Zoom Class To Save Modiin Woman Suffering From Anaphylactic Reaction in the Nick of Time
On Monday evening, at 6:30 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Noemi Dray was in an online Zoom class in her home in Modiin. The 25-year-old student’s focus was suddenly interrupted by the ringing sound of her communications device, which read “severe anaphylactic reaction” and the address given was just a block away from her house. Read more
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Saving A Life With Kindness – A Look At A Ten Kavod Emergency
Just before 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening, an elderly man who lives at home and has no family to care for him was brought a package of food by Orli Kadosh, the founder of a local community initiative “Adopt a Senior”. The man who suffers from a number of chronic illnesses was not used to Read more
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EMTs Perform Successful CPR On Neve Yaakov Man After He Stopped Breathing
On Monday evening, on Reuven Gamzon Street in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of Jerusalem, a young man in his 20s, who is living with cancer was having difficulty breathing. His family called emergency services for help. United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center sent out the urgent alert to the closest responders in the area. While Read more
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United Hatzalah Holds Combined Mass Casualty Incident Training Just Days After The Mass Casualty Incident in Meron
On Tuesday night, just five days after the Meron tragedy, United Hatzalah held a mass-casualty-incident (MCI) training drill in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona. The drill simulated a motor vehicle accident involving two minibusses that left 30 people of various ages “injured”. Participating in the drill together with United Hatzalah was the IDF, the Read more
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Muslim and Jewish EMTs Join Together To Save a Life In Pisgat Zeev
On Sunday night just before midnight, a couple from the Pisgat Zeev neighborhood in Jerusalem was about to go to sleep when the husband suddenly started hearing his wife’s breathing become erratic. He tried to get her to sit up but she was unresponsive and then stopped breathing altogether. The worried husband, who was partially Read more
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Vacationing Charedi Woman Joins Local Secular Man In Car Accident Rescue
On Wednesday morning, just before 11 a.m., Rebecca Yom Tov, a Jerusalemite who volunteers as an EMT in United Hatzalah’s specialized women’s unit, was sitting down with her husband for breakfast in a small town in the Gilboa region. The couple were enjoying a vacation and drinking their morning coffees when Rebbeca’s emergency communications device Read more
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Saving A Father In Front Of His Children
On Tuesday night, just after 8 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yishai Salomon was in his home winding down after a long day at work when suddenly his communication device began to ring, alerting him to a nearby emergency. The location of the emergency, according to the communique he received from dispatch, was in San Read more