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Saving The Life Of a Collapsed Motorist
On Monday evening, just after 5:00 p.m., a man in his 60s was driving on Jerusalem Boulevard in Holon and stopped at a traffic light just before the turn onto Highway 4. Cars began to stop behind him as they waited for the light to turn. All of a sudden another driver saw the man Read more
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Medical Staff and EMTs Save The Life Of Choking Resident in a Senior’s Home in Kiryat Ata
On Monday around noon, a 62-year-old man choked on a boureka that he was eating in a nursing home in Kiryat Ata. The choking senior was brought to the attention of the surrounding medical personnel who immediately started to try to extricate the food blocking his airway. When they didn’t succeed, the nurses called emergency Read more
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Father, Son, Best Friend, All EMTs, Perform Successful CPR on Cardiac Arrest Victim in Migdal Ha’Emek
On Friday afternoon in Migdal Ha’Emek, a man in his 60s was going about his day when he suddenly suffered a heart attack and collapsed in his home on Mishol Hadarim St. Worried family members called emergency services for help. Maor Ben Gigi, a new addition to the network of lifesaving volunteers of United Hatzalah, Read more
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“Like One Of Our Children” – Ten Kavod Yokneam The Story of Daniel Goldman and Nissim and Jacqueline Ben-Ezra
Daniel Goldman – Daniel Goldman is a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah and has been part of the Ten Kavod project for the past three years. He lives with his wife and two children in their home in Yokneam. For Daniel, the Ten Kavod project is very meaningful and can bring a great sense of Read more
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First Time’s a Charm
At around 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, a 2-year-old girl with a background of medical illnesses and complications and several catheterizations was in her home in Nof HaGalil and was given her regular prescribed medications by her parents. As the minutes passed, they noticed something was wrong. The little girl’s condition began to deteriorate. Her parents Read more
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Tel Aviv Man Revived After Nearly Drowning on Shabbat
On Shabbat evening just before 7:00 p.m., a man was in the water in the ski lake in Begin Park located in southern Tel Aviv, when he began to feel tired and couldn’t swim anymore. He thrashed in the water and screamed for help before going under. A police officer in the area rushed over Read more
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Sweet Success For The Second Time
On Friday afternoon in Rechovot, a 5-year-old girl was enjoying a lollipop on the street with her parents. The candy got stuck in her throat and she started to choke. Her panic-stricken parents immediately called emergency services while desperately crying for help in the hopes of someone coming to save their beloved daughter. Chani Vaknin, Read more
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Choking During Snack Time
On Monday afternoon at around 4:30 p.m., a 3-and-a-half-year-old boy was visiting his grandparents in Beit Shemesh and eating an orange with them in the kitchen when a piece of the fruit got stuck in his throat. His grandparents panicked and tried to help, but as the boy slowly began to turn blue and fade Read more
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A Shining Light and a Breath of Fresh Air
Suzanna Sharivker- Suzanna is a student studying water industry engineering in the Kinneret Academic College. She originally hails from the city of Ashdod but currently lives in a kibbutz called Tel Katzir, located to the south of the Kinneret. Suzanna volunteers for Ten Kavod through ‘Impact’, a scholarship program for released IDF soldiers which Read more
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Septuagenarian Collapses Outside Government Office In Be’er Sheva, Saved By EMT Who Worked in the Building
Just after 12:00 p.m. on Monday, a man in his 70s was walking down Herzl Boulevard in Be’er Sheva outside the Inspection Offices of City Hall when he suddenly collapsed. Worried passersby who saw the man collapse assumed that he had fainted. One worker from the Inspection Department called his coworker, Adir Nachmani, knowing that Read more