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Continuing His Legacy — Volunteer EMT Barak Shlush Saves Lives In Memory Of His Grandfather
By Devorah Klein United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Barak Shlush hails from the city of Netanya. Barak is a very active first responder and has participated in saving many lives over the course of the past two years. This of course would not be possible without the use of his ambucycle. However, Barak’s connection to his Read more
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Prominent US Philanthropists Donate Medical Equipment To Israel in Honor of Health Minister Edelstein
American Philanthropists Ron and June Daniels, and Joel and Adele Sandberg, who were active in freeing Russian refusniks like Edelstein, recently donated life-saving medical equipment to United Hatzalah in honor of Edelstein’s service as Health Minister of Israel. In the middle of August, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein became the first-ever sitting health minister to Read more
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How Adapting Vehicles To The Emergency Lowers Response Times And Saves Lives
Earlier this month on a Tuesday afternoon, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Daniel Bakovza, received an emergency alert to a medical emergency that had taken place nearby. A man was swimming in the ocean near the beach in Ashdod when he drowned due to unknown causes. Seeing him struggling, the man’s friends rushed over and pulled Read more
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Helping God Inscribe Someone In The Book of Life – A Volunteer EMTs First Hand Account of a CPR Call on The First Night of Rosh Hashanah
My name is Gil Rabi, I’m a professional singer and I live in the city of Holon with my wife and four children. On Friday night, just as the Jewish New Year began, I had an experience that I will simply never forget. I was sitting down to the festive evening meal with my family Read more
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Learning Appreciation From A Miraculous Delivery
On a recent Shabbat at 3:00 a.m. Dov Bash was fast asleep when the broadcast of his United Hatzalah communications device jolted him awake, alerting him to a nearby medical emergency.The volunteer quickly jumped out of bed, threw on some clothes, and rushed outside to his ambucycle. Seconds later, Dov was driving through the quiet Read more
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Disaster At A Steel Factory
A few weeks ago, just after 12 p.m., in the city of Kiryat Malachi in Israel’s southern region, a 35-year-old man was working at his job in a steel factory using a slicing machine, when he accidentally turned the machine to the wrong setting. The faster speed caused a piece of sharp steel to snap Read more
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Being Prepared Mentally Can Help You Save A Life
Earlier this week on a Wednesday night, just after 9 p.m. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Chani Vaknin, was returning from her nightly run, when a neighbor approached her, just as she was walking into her apartment building. He told her that a middle-aged-man had collapsed just two floors above them. Despite not having her medical Read more
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A Birth on Highway 4 — A Truly Meaningful Way To Start One’s Day
On Monday morning, one of the most inspiring medical emergencies that can happen took place on Highway 4 just outside of the city of Ashkelon in southern Israel. A husband and wife were on their way to the hospital in order to deliver their fourth child. The woman was in active labor. As this was Read more
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Helping People Sometimes Involves Going Beyond Medical Treatment
By Devo Klein Recently one Thursday afternoon, a United Hatzalah volunteer was driving his ambucycle when he received an alert to a medical emergency on the very street that he was currently on. The volunteer quickly zipped over to the given address and found an apartment complex. He arrived in a matter of seconds. Running Read more
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Acting Quickly Saves Lives
Eliyahu Haliva is a United Hatzalah EMT who lives and serves in the city of Be’er Yaakov, a small city next to Rishon LeTsiyon. Two weeks ago, Eliyahu was studying in a Kollel (Torah study center) on an exceptionally hot day, when he received an alert from United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center to an Read more