יום שישי, כ״ה תמוז תשפ״וFriday, July 10, 2026
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Just after 8:30 Sunday morning, an employee at a school on Shalom Sharabi Street in Petah Tikvah told one of his colleagues that he wasn’t feeling well. He sat down on a bench and keeled over. His colleagues, who all had taken a CPR course, called emergency services and proceeded to attach the school’s defibrillator […]
“This was a stressful incident because I was alone, without equipment, for about 13 minutes."
I learned that evening that the statistics are stacked against people and that only 3-4 percent of the people who receive CPR survive.
When Yehoyada arrived he found the older gentleman lying in bed, conscious and awake, surrounded by worried family members.
Over the last weekend, two minor earthquakes shook the area of Northern Israel including Tveria.
The patient was transported to the hospital where he was sedated and placed on a respirator, alive and with a chance for recovery.
EMT responds to emergency calls only to find an old friend suffering from a drug overdose, and saves his life twice on the same day.
"Knowing what to do makes all the difference.”
First Responders save the life of a woman who lost consciousness while riding in a car.
“Hashem brought me to her so that I could be a part of the team that saved her life.”
“When I was living in Toronto, I never thought I’d be responding to medical emergencies."
Asher Tzvi made sure his wife and kids were safe and raced out to his ambucycle, wearing protective headgear and a bulletproof vest.
After multiple rounds of chest compressions, the paramedic asked Yosef to call for backup.
"After saving someone’s life the sensation of euphoria I got wouldn’t let me sleep."
Mustafa, who only a few days ago responded to a shooting incident and was only able to save one of the people involved, said that this was some compensation to him for that tragedy.
"Sometimes when a CPR is unsuccessful, a responder can become less hopeful about the chances of saving the next patient."
"All-in-all, the woman was fully conscious and alert about 30 or so minutes after I had arrived. I couldn’t believe it.”
“Whenever someone can save a life and is successful at it, it's an incredible feeling, but frankly, anytime I can help a person it gives me a good feeling."
"We saved a life that day, and I would do it again in a heartbeat, even knowing the risk.”
I can’t explain the feeling I had as I drove my ambucycle back home and walked into my living room to see my family still waiting for me.
The family of a 2-year-old boy who drowned in sedot michah and miraculously survived thanked the first responders who saved their son.
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Over and over again he kept losing his pulse.
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