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This Rescue Was Not By Chance – Due to a series of unforeseen delays, First Responder en route to conduct Coronavirus testing happens to be at the right place at the right time to save a life.
This wasn’t a typical medical emergency alert that I usually get. As a matter of fact, there was no alert. Call it what you will, divine intervention, comedy of errors, sheer luck, karma. But whatever you want to call it, the important thing is that a man’s life was saved in a miraculous and unique Read more
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Making The Rendezvous – Two EMTs Use A Rescue ATV To Save The Life Of A Patient Stranded on a Muddy Beach
On a Shabbat afternoon two weeks ago, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Noam Lifshin, was sitting in his home in the town of Shavei Zion in the Galilee, enjoying time with his family, when he received an alert from his communications device, about an emergency occurring nearby. The given location was unclear, but Noam recognized that Read more
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The Third Time Is Charming – Pair of EMTs respond to three births in the span of 6 hours
Early Monday morning, the very dedicated father, grandfather, and United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Daniel Katzenstein received a phone call from his daughter wishing him mazal tov and telling him that he just became a grandfather once again. In spite of the hour, 2:30 a.m. Daniel didn’t wait for the morning and began to head out Read more
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“Everyone Deserves To Be Respected”
One month ago, a 13-year-old boy took advantage of his parents going away on a vacation and decided to throw a party in his home in Geva Binyamin. He invited a couple of friends over on Friday night and they brought alcohol. The teenagers began drinking and enjoying their time, not realizing exactly how much Read more
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Anaphylactic Reaction Nearly Brings Tragedy To Quiet Shabbat Meal
Two months ago, a family was sitting in their home in Haifa on Friday night for their Shabbat meal. Everything was carrying on as normal until the mother noticed that her 4-year-old son was having trouble breathing. She asked her son if he was ok, but his breathing only worsened as his face grew pale. Read more
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Why I’m Proud To Call These Women My Friends
At 1:30 a.m. on Saturday night, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and Deputy Chapter Head of the Emek HaHula region of the organization, Vicki Tiferet, was alerted to a medical emergency involving a threat to human life and three missing people. Vicki got dressed and rushed out of her home in Moshav Yuval and raced to Read more
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Health, Home Improvement & Humanitarian Aid. A Community Rallies Together To Do It All
On Saturday night, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Avi Bismouth responded to a medical emergency involving a person who dehydrated at the address of a man whom he had helped once before. Bismouth, recognizing the address, knew that the man was in dire need of assistance and rushed to help. Arriving in just under three minutes, Read more
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United Hatzalah Head of Strategy Saves Local Grocery Store Owner
When Moti Elmaliach is not working as the head of strategy and PR at United Hatzalah, he is out saving lives as one of the organization’s 6,000 volunteer EMTs. Moti lives with his family in Tel Aviv and often responds to medical emergencies that take place in his neighborhood One afternoon a few weeks ago, Read more
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Beating The Angel of Death
This past Rosh Hashanah, United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs David Badar and Sason Dabul were in Kfar Saba when they received an emergency alert from their communications device, notifying them of a medical emergency taking place nearby. David recognized the address and zipped through the small streets. The pair of EMTs arrived at the given location, Read more
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Report of United Hatzalah’s Activities During The Second Wave of Corona
Israel began its second wave of the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic back in July as the number of people infected with the virus began to drastically rise once again. After reaching a meteoric rise in September, with nearly 10,000 people being infected with the disease per day, the numbers began to decline in October after a Read more