By Vita Fellig
The toll fees haven’t dissuaded Hatzalah volunteers from doing their jobs.
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"It appears that the perp intentionally struck the victim," a police source said.
“It felt incredible to bring this man back from drowning."
"“Thanks to this simple intervention, another person’s life was miraculously saved."
“This was a stressful incident because I was alone, without equipment, for about 13 minutes."
"Seeing him sitting there alone in his car brought back waves of pain for me from my brother’s death."
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."
"Saving the life of a 105-year-old woman is not something a person gets to do every day."
"It's exciting, there's nothing else to say, it's very exciting."
"These undercover deliveries of food and medical supplies to people inside Ukraine are of vital importance and save lives."
This is war with all its ugly facets, and these people need our help.
I can’t comprehend what these people have gone through, the enormous hardships of leaving their home after watching it being destroyed.
And just like that Danny was able to join his wife and young daughter in Moldova.
When the family members saw the United Hatzalah volunteers they burst out in joy at the sight of the orange uniforms.
Two baby girls born to surrogate mothers and abandoned in Kiev had to be rescued from the shelled city and delivered to their Israeli parents.
The humane logistics of humanitarian aid.
"Our goal is to empower the refugees and give them back a sense of control over their situation."
In light of the information we received from the Israeli Foreign Ministry we decided to head out to Palanca this morning to rendezvous with a convoy of yeshiva students from Dnipro.
In less than an hour, we will arrive in Kishinev to assess the situation.
"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.
Over the last weekend, two minor earthquakes shook the area of Northern Israel including Tveria.
Help was just 30 second away.
Muslim and Jewish EMTs pair up to help two people suffering medical emergencies in quick succession in Tel Aviv shopping center.
Kalanit realized that the paramedic and ambulance weren't arriving for another few minutes, so she had to take action on her own.
"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 am proud to be part of an organization that saves the lives of people across the country, no matter who and where.”
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.
“Hashem brought me to her so that I could be a part of the team that saved her life.”
“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.”
“I joined United Hatzalah to perform acts of kindness. Even kindness that's somewhat outside the ordinary.”
“Both pedestrians and drivers need to be extra careful and even more aware of the dangers on the road during this time of year."
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."
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."
The doctors, EMTs, and paramedics of the South Florida Hatzalah, and Magen David Adom International were among the first at the disaster scene.
“After the third shock was administered, the man began to resist compressions, a sign that he was coming back to life.”
United Hatzalah Ambulance Team in Moshav Kadima Joined a CPR in progress on Sunday morning and saves the life of a very heavy, 49-year-old man
"Unfortunately, our efforts were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead at the scene."
First-hand account of EMT who responded to Givat Zeev Incident Wednesday morning.
After multiple rounds of chest compressions, the paramedic asked Yosef to call for backup.
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."
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."
United Hatzalah volunteers Alber Anconina, Ruth Hadassi, Ohad Ringer, and Dekel Shem Tov were each going about their daily routines when they received the alert.
The Bar Mitzvah was held on the same day as the memorial service for Mother Tzipi and baby Noam.
After taking his son to the hospital a man collapses just before Shabbat in Efrat leading to a dramatic rescue that saved his life.
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.
"I can't be sure if the ambulance was the intended target of the stones or not."
“Saving a life on Shabbat or Erev Shabbat is very different from saving a life on a weekday,” says Avraham.
Each of the brothers responds to an average of a 100 medical emergencies a month.
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.
“This was a truly meaningful way to start one’s day.”
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.
Israel's Arab community has been awash in a seemingly endless deluge of fatal shootings, between rival clans, within clans, and within families.
What really makes the annual United Hatzalah concert unique is...
Five people were injured. Rescue teams are searching for more victims.
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Miriam Ballin, a native of Houston and the Director of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit leads the mission.
An infant girl was lightly injured and transported to Haddasah Ein Kerem medical center.
The terrorist was arrested.
Paramedics were called to the Mikveh on Shabbat morning.
What shocking incident happened that motivated this man to enter the field of emergency medical services?
Terrorists places a burning tire and gas tank near the fence...
Dozens of people have been trapped and injured.
By Jewish Press Staff Reporter
Shock and trauma prevention and treatment now being administered for victims of terror at scenes of attacks.
Yehudit Tayar, an emergency first-responder for Hatzalah Yehuda and Shomron, joins Josh Hasten and shares her thoughts on saving lives during this current wave of Jihadist violence on this weeks "Israel Uncensored."
By JNi.Media
Until now, EMTs were instructed to treat all the victims of an attack first, before the attacker, Not anymore...
Zev Sofer arrived to help the victims, and describes the scene of the terror attack...
The man had passed out a short time earlier, but reportedly, other members of his bicycling group told him he was OK to continue the bike trek.