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The Added Joy of Saving a Life on a Holiday
On Simchat Torah morning at around 7:00 a.m., a 35-year-old man in the city of Giv’at Shmuel fell unconscious as he was standing on his porch. His wife heard the fall and called emergency services straight away. Dispatchers gave instructions to the distraught wife over the phone in order so that she could begin CPR. Read more
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Dealing With The Tragedy When Lifesaving Goes From Rescue To Recovery
Tiberias– On Friday afternoon just before Sukkot at 2:30 p.m., a 30-year-old man who had been swimming with his father on the Khoury Beach in Tiberias got caught in the strong undertow in the Kineret and disappeared under the waves. After mere minutes of their son not emerging from the water, the worried parents called Read more
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Bride and Groom Respond To Vehicular Accident Hours Before Their Wedding
On Monday afternoon September 20th, a Muslim bride, Nour Abu Asi, and her groom, Mohamed Byadsi, were driving back from taking pre-wedding photos outside of their hometown of Jatt, an Arab-Israeli town located in the triangle region of Israel when they spotted a motor vehicle accident involving a young boy on his bicycle and a Read more
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Saving a Life on the Side of a Highway
On Thursday morning a little after 8:00 a.m., a man in his 60s lost consciousness while driving with his friends. After succeeding at stopping the car safely at the entrance to Har Yonah, his friends extricated him from the vehicle, laid him out onto the ground, and called emergency services to help. United Hatzalah volunteer Read more
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Falling From a Tower
On Monday afternoon, Hoshanah Rabbah, at around 12:00 p.m., a 47-year-old man fell from the height of around 7 meters while on a ropes course at the Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem. He was rappelling down the building when the rope that was supporting him gave way and he fell to Read more
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Jewish EMT Saves Young Bedouin Girl
At approximately 5:30 p.m. on Sunday evening, a young girl, 3-years of age, was playing in her home in the Bedouin town of Abu Queider when she fell and hit her head causing her to lose consciousness. The girl had seemingly suffered a concussion. Her parents immediately called emergency services for help, picked up their Read more
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EMTs Perform Successful CPR At A Dentist’s Office, Save The Life Of a Holon Man
On Monday afternoon just after 5:00 p.m., a man who had been taking a break between x-rays at his dentist’s office on Habanai Street in Holon suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and collapsed. The man’s worried son had accompanied him to the dentist and asked the secretary to call for help. The secretary called United Read more
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Giving an Octogenarian Another Chance At Life
On Saturday night, just before 11:00 p.m., a man in his early eighties was at home on KK”L Street in Petach Tikvah, preparing to go to bed, when he suddenly collapsed. His caretaker, having checked the man for a pulse and finding none, called emergency services for help. United Hatzalah volunteers who lived nearby Read more
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Teenage Surfer Rescued From Drowning Near Nitzanim Beach
On Sunday morning just after 8:00 a.m., a teenage boy was surfing with his father when he suddenly lost control of his surfboard and plunged into the water. The boy somehow lost consciousness and didn’t resurface. The father, who was on the beach at the time, didn’t notice the incident take place. Luckily, another surfer Read more
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Volunteer EMT and Paramedic Save The Life Of An Ashdod Man Who Suffered a Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Ashdod – Just before 10:00 p.m. on Saturday night, a man in his 70’s was at his home on Ha’Atzmaut Street in Ashdod, when he suddenly collapsed. His frantic family members called emergency services for help. The worried family members followed the guidelines of the dispatch and began performing a guided CPR via the instructions Read more