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Upon receiving the call Rabbi Cohen sprung out of bed and managed to get to the scene on his ambucycle only a few minutes later.
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 […]
Haim works closely with the entire agriculture staff, and the person in need is his friend.
I learned that evening that the statistics are stacked against people and that only 3-4 percent of the people who receive CPR survive.
"In cases like this, the early first response makes the difference between life and death."
“After the medical emergency had ended, we had to deal with the emotional fallout.”
"It's exciting, there's nothing else to say, it's very exciting."
I can’t comprehend what these people have gone through, the enormous hardships of leaving their home after watching it being destroyed.
When the family members saw the United Hatzalah volunteers they burst out in joy at the sight of the orange uniforms.
The humane logistics of humanitarian aid.
Many times we watch as the refugees gain a sense of calm the moment they cross over the border, once they are finally out of danger.
“This was a joint operation and would not have succeeded without the effort of all three organizations."
Raisa was one of 160 refugees brought to Israel on Thursday by United Hatzalah.
"Our goal is to empower the refugees and give them back a sense of control over their situation."
In less than an hour, we will arrive in Kishinev to assess the situation.
Sharon inserted an airway into the boy's mouth and throat and connected the artificial respiration device to ventilate.
When Yehoyada arrived he found the older gentleman lying in bed, conscious and awake, surrounded by worried family members.
"I immediately recognized him and realized that he was my close friend of many years."
The bride and groom could not stop thanking the volunteers for their kindness.
“The ambulance is a memorial to my parents and what they taught me."
Muslim and Jewish EMTs pair up to help two people suffering medical emergencies in quick succession in Tel Aviv shopping center.
"He ran out of his home in the rain without anything, without a vehicle, without any gear, he just ran to help and he succeeded."
The woman's family crowded around, worried and upset about their mother.
"The man suffered a serious head injury from being hit by the tree."
"Thankfully, I was in the right place at the right time to help, and that is all that matters.”
The patient was transported to the hospital where he was sedated and placed on a respirator, alive and with a chance for recovery.
"I treated the woman and performed the Heimlich Maneuver."
"I am proud to be part of an organization that saves the lives of people across the country, no matter who and where.”
Providing emotional care in a stressful situation.
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.”
Saving a life with the right equipment and a quick response.
First Responders save the life of a woman who lost consciousness while riding in a car.
“The reassuring voice of the dispatcher accompanied me every step of the way."
"Although I'm tired, I am incredibly content that I did a great kindness in saving others.”
“Both pedestrians and drivers need to be extra careful and even more aware of the dangers on the road during this time of year."
"Our wedding was put on hold for a while."
“It was an extremely stressful situation because we were trying to revive a man who had suffered a cardiac arrest on the side of a major roadway."
Hatzalah dispatcher Chanoch Re’em began instructing the secretary and the staff at the dentist’s office on how to perform CPR.
"I intubated him right away and a lot of liquid came out of the boy’s lungs."
"She said I had given her the best birthday gift, her son’s life.”
If the person requesting help is female, it would be more halachically correct that she be treated by another female than by a male.
Mazal Tov and, well, Refuah Shleima.
The knife had torn right through the woman’s carotid artery, leaving her very few minutes to live before she bled out completely.
“When I was living in Toronto, I never thought I’d be responding to medical emergencies."
"I kept thinking of my own daughter, who is the same age as the boy I treated."
“I’m not sure if he came to me knowing that I am an EMT, or just because my store was open late."
First-hand account of EMT who responded to Givat Zeev Incident Wednesday morning.
On Sunday early afternoon, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Ron Cohen was at home in northern Tel Aviv when his communications device began to ring, alerting him to a medical emergency nearby. A few buildings away, a year-and-a-half-old baby girl began choking, and her frantic mother had called United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center. “I glanced […]
The event also featured a new rendition of the Marvin Gaye hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” sung in English, Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi.
In Jerusalem, the project, which began two seasons ago, grew in scale during the Coronavirus pandemic, when fans were not permitted to attend the games.
A four-month-old infant was brought by his father to a makolet (bodega) on Rambam Street in Bnei Brak after the infant had choked. The father carried his baby into the makolet and asked the store manager to call for help. United Hatzalah volunteers responded to the emergency and succeeded in resuscitating the boy. United Hatzalah […]
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.
Chaim was an incredibly special person I knew for 28 years.
“Each year we see that the number of emergency calls received by our organization rises dramatically over the holiday."
"Should any of these volunteers change their mind and elect to receive the vaccine, or should this virus disappear completely, we would welcome them back with open arms."
The new volunteer house in Kfar Qassem will serve as the first installment of support by Zim Urban Life.
"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.”
“We are going to be the first national organization that is 100% vaccinated."
"When Shabbat ended, I called my old neighbor and told him that the defibrillator he had donated just helped save another life."
The Bar Mitzvah was held on the same day as the memorial service for Mother Tzipi and baby Noam.
Russian Olah with chronic Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) becomes the first woman to head one of United Hatzalah’s chapters.
“In truth, I didn’t think that this story was going to end well."
“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."
"My husband and I have been volunteering for so long, it has become a part of us and defines who we are as individuals and as a couple."
The project has already received a high volume of requests, and hundreds of individuals are expected to use the service in the next two weeks, while the lockdown is on.
“Providing oxygen is one of the most essential roles of a medical first responder,” said President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer.
The trapped people from the ATV took refuge on the roof of the vehicle.
Two young men were killed Tuesday morning when an aircraft crashed near Mishmar Hanegev, a kibbutz in the northern fringe of the Negev desert in Israel.
“Today certainty has been a bit different,” Daniel said after returning home from the third birth of the morning.
"This is the daily heroism that is shown by these women, who I am proud to call my fellow EMS responders, my associates, and my friends."
“The smell of the apartment can't be described, it was almost tangible,” Bismouth recounted.
"We saved a life that day, and I would do it again in a heartbeat, even knowing the risk.”
With his vibrant purple hair and multiple piercings, Dvir does not look like a guy who grew up in a Haredi home, but he did, in Jerusalem.
Veteran EMT responds to a choking incident and saves a man's life, following which the man’s daughter suddenly chokes and the EMT saved her, too.
"This is one of the many emergency calls that I have gone to that make all of the training and volunteering worthwhile."
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.
In cities with a high volume of traffic congestion, such as Tel Aviv, traveling to a medical emergency by car can take a long time.
One person was moderately injured and 17 suffered light injuries.
Israel's Arab community has been awash in a seemingly endless deluge of fatal shootings, between rival clans, within clans, and within families.
The emergency number for the new dispatch center is the same as United Hatzalah’s regular number of 1221.
The terrorist was overpowered by a United Hatzalah EMT.
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Foreign caretakers work with the sick and elderly, which makes their having this knowledge even more useful.
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Shock and trauma prevention and treatment now being administered for victims of terror at scenes of attacks.
Based on Israel’s United Hatzalah Model, Volunteers Began Training Session Last Thursday.
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