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Man Collapses in Silwan, Revived by First Responders
On Saturday night, just after 10:30 p.m., a man in his late 60s in the neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. His worried family members called emergency services for help. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Ameer Awesat, who runs his own ambulance company called Nuran Ambulance, was driving by the Lion’s Read more
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United Hatzalah Raises NIS 200,000 In First Ever Tel Aviv Summer Soiree Event
Pedestrians walking passed the corner of Balfour Street and Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night were able to enjoy music floating down from a fourth-floor terrace in one of the adjacent buildings signifying a summer party taking place. The party in question, a fundraising summer soiree, was hosted by local resident Steve Reiter Read more
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Tourist Successfully Resuscitated After Collapsing in Zichron Yaakov Restaurant
On Wednesday just after noon, a man who was visiting the main boulevard of Zichron Yaakov walked into a restaurant and inquired about the lunch menu. He then walked back outside and collapsed near the threshold of the restaurant. A waitress at the restaurant immediately called emergency services for help. Eliyahu Teichholz is a Read more
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Neighborly in Nazareth
On Sunday evening, just before 11:00 p.m., a man in his 40s with a long medical history wanted to take a walk outside. As he left his home in the neighborhood of Yafa an-Naseriyye in Nazareth, he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and lost consciousness. His worried family members called emergency services for help. United Read more
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American Teens Assist in Successful CPR of Ashdod Man and Help Save His Life
On Sunday evening, a man suffered a prolonged epileptic seizure in his home in Ashdod, causing him to lose consciousness. Worried family members called emergency services for help. Two members of the NCSY summer program “NCSY Hatzalah Rescue” were on board a United Hatzalah’s ambulance that was driving nearby when the emergency alert was Read more
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Kiryat Ono Man Rescued From Local Pool After Drowning
On Friday afternoon, a man in his 50s was swimming at the municipal pool in Kiryat Ono when he suddenly stopped swimming and drowned. The lifeguard on duty saw the man floating on the top of the water unmoving. He quickly jumped in and pulled the man to the side of the pool and out Read more
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Against All Odds
Just after 12:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, a man in his early 90s who was in his apartment on Zichron Sara Street in Rishon Lezion stopped responding to his family members and lost consciousness. Given the man’s severe medical background, his worried family members called emergency services for help. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Moti Halabi Read more
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Woman and Nine Children Rescued From Burning Building In Shlomi By Neighbors and EMTs
On Thursday morning just after 6:00 a.m., a fire broke out on the top floor of a residential building on Hof Hayam Street in Shlomi. Inside the apartment was a woman and a number of children. The woman quickly began to usher her children out of the burning apartment which quickly filled with poisonous smoke. Read more
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U.S./Canadian Teens Train To Become Next Generation of Lifesavers In Israel and Back Home
-Last week on Thursday, a group of 50 teenagers from different parts of the United States and Canada graduated from their emergency medical response training course with United Hatzalah and participated in a mass casualty incident (MCI) training drill in the Aminadav forest on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The youngsters, now all fully registered emergency Read more
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Be’er Sheva Man Resuscitated After Wife Finds Him Unconscious At Home
On Wednesday afternoon in Be’er Sheva, a woman found her 79-year-old husband lying unconscious in his bed. He had seemingly suffered a heart attack just a moment prior and was unresponsive. His panicked wife immediately called emergency services for help. The dispatcher stayed on the line with her and led the woman through guided CPR Read more