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Saving Lives At A Cemetery
On a recent Thursday morning at around 9:30 am, Chaim Meir Friedman from Kfar Chabad received an alert to a serious accident at the local cemetery. A golf cart used to drive people around the large cemetery had flipped off the path and skidded down the hill before finally landing in some bushes. Chaim immediately Read more
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Two Successful CPRs In Less Than An Hour
Last Friday night, at 7:47 pm, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and ambucycle driver Zvi Horowitz received an alert from United Hatzalah’s dispatch and command center alerting him to a person who had just lost consciousness near Zvi’s home in Hadera. The dedicated medic dashed out to his ambucycle and sped along the roads to quickly Read more
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Have You Ever Had A Feeling So Great It Is Difficult To Put Into Words?
A week ago on Shabbat morning, an elderly woman aspirated half-an-hour after eating breakfast in her home in Holon. Her raspy coughing alerted her daughter, who quickly ran to her side. At first, the daughter didn’t realize the seriousness of the situation but as her mother began to lose consciousness, she suddenly grasped that her Read more
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Hotel Security Guard Saves Six Lives
Jamal Veraki is 29-years-old and works as a security guard in a hotel in the southern city of Eilat. Jamal recently graduated from his EMT training course and has been a volunteer with United Hatzalah for just six months. In that time he has saved the lives of six people, some of whom were guests Read more
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United Hatzalah’s Emergency Room Assistance Program Expands to Rabin Medical Center – Rabin Becomes 21st Hospital To Adopt Program
On Monday, United Hatzalah and Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikvah announced a partnership that will see the two entities work together to cut down the waiting time and the overload of patient intake in the medical center’s emergency room (E.R.). The partnership will see United Hatzalah EMTs volunteer for shifts assisting the E.R. medical Read more
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Disabled EMT Saves Lives In Israel With Specialized EMS Vehicle
Dan Shmuel heads the Tel Aviv branch of United Hatzalah, a volunteer EMS organization that provides all of its services free of charge to anyone who needs it, regardless of nationality, race, religion or gender. Dan was injured in a serious motorcycle accident in 2000. After a long period of rehabilitation, he was able to Read more
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Following Rescue Of Chen Danzinger, United Hatzalah and Nurofen For Children Open First Aid Courses Across Beit Shemesh
United Hatzalah has teamed up with Nurofen for Children and set a goal to train 500 parents and residents of Beit Shemesh in providing basic first aid to their families and neighbors in case of a medical emergency. The two organizations began a similar initiative in Sderot recently. The first aid course covers the Read more
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United Hatzalah and Nurofen To Train 500 Residents of Sderot in First Aid
United Hatzalah has teamed up with Nurofen for Children and it has set a goal to train 500 parents and residents of Sderot in providing basic first aid to their families and neighbors in the case of a medical emergency. The initiative was created after the most recent round of rocket attacks swept across the Read more
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The Tools And Knowledge To Make A Difference
On Sunday evening just before 6:00 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Eli Koon had just gotten home from work when he received an alert from the organization’s dispatch and command center. The notification told him that there was a serious road accident near his location on Derech Ha’aravah Highway. Without wasting any time Eli got Read more
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An Angel In Orange And A Midnight Car Accident
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Asheri Angel lives in the quiet town of Nehalim, located next to Petach Tikvah. Ashri has been a volunteer EMT for quite some time and is married and a proud father. One night a few weeks ago, just after midnight, Asheri was already in bed when his bluebird communication device buzzed, Read more