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United Hatzalah Applauds Approval of Bill for Unified Emergency Phone Number in Israel

United Hatzalah Welcomes Government Approval of Bill for a Unified Emergency Call Number United Hatzalah welcomes the Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs’ unanimous approval of the bill unifying emergency phone numbers and dispatch centers. Th

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United Hatzalah – Surmounting Disability To Save Lives

United Hatzalah – Surmounting Disability To Save Lives EMT with disability responds to emergencies in a wheelchair.   Akko – A few weeks ago, a woman in her 50s suffered chest pains in her home in the city of Akko. Her relatives alerted e

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United Hatzalah – Ukrainian Refugees Train To Become EMTs in Israel

United Hatzalah – Ukrainian Refugees Train To Become EMTs in Israel Ten members of Uman’s Breslov community who fled to Israel at the onset of the war trained to become EMTs with United Hatzalah in hopes of returning to Ukraine and assist their co

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United Hatzalah – Neighborly in Nazareth & American Teens Assist in Successful CPR

United Hatzalah – Neighborly in Nazareth & American Teens Assist in Successful CPR Nazareth man suffers sudden cardiac arrest and is revived by neighbors, EMTs, and ambulance crews Nazareth – On Sunday evening, just before 11:00 p.m., a man in

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UNPACKED: Watch How United Hatzalah Volunteers Reach Emergencies Faster than an Ambulance

UNPACKED: Watch How United Hatzalah Volunteers Reach Emergencies Faster than an Ambulance United Hatzalah, a non-profit medical response service founded by Eli Beer in 2006, provides free emergency treatment and ambulance transportation to anyone in Israe

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Israeli EMS Org. United Hatzalah Sending a Delegation to Moldova to Assist Ukrainian Refugees

Israeli EMS Org. United Hatzalah Sending a Delegation to Moldova to Assist Ukrainian Refugees United Hatzalah is currently preparing to send a delegation of 30 emergency medical volunteers and members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit to Moldov

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EXCLUSIVE: New Muslim EMT Performs First Successful CPR on a Jewish Woman and Saves Her Life

EXCLUSIVE: New Muslim EMT Performs First Successful CPR on a Jewish Woman and Saves Her Life Kiryat Motskin – On Wednesday evening at around 7:30 p.m., a 70-year-old woman lost consciousness in her home on Simtat Tamari street in Kiryat Motskin. The

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IsraelSeen Exclusive: Treating a Mother And Daughter After A Car Bomb

IsraelSeen Exclusive: Treating a Mother And Daughter After A Car Bomb Treating a Mother And Daughter After A Car Bomb EMTs in Rehovot respond to a car explosion and treat a mother and daughter for injuries following a targeted attack Rechovot- On Tuesday

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EXCLUSIVE – Shalom Avitan’s Amazing Week of Lifesaving

EXCLUSIVE – Shalom Avitan’s Amazing Week of Lifesaving Jerusalem- On Monday night at around 11:00 p.m., a man suffering from intense chest pains in his home on Monbaz Street in Jerusalem called the United Hatzalah dispatch center for help. Luckily

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Exclusive: Two Yechiels On Bicycles Save The Life Of a Man In A Cafe

Exclusive: Two Yechiels On Bicycles Save The Life Of a Man In A Cafe On Sunday evening, at around 6:00 p.m., in a cafe on Chaim Valero street in Jerusalem, a 67-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest.   Yechiel Gurfein, a United Hatzalah of Israel vo

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EXCLUSIVE: One Year After Being Injured In An Act of Violence, EMT Saves Car Accident Victim

EXCLUSIVE: One Year After Being Injured In An Act of Violence, EMT Saves Car Accident Victim Tayibe – Eiad Azem is a United Hatzalah volunteer from the city of Tayibe, an Arab city in central Israel, and the deputy head of the team there. He is an i

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Muslim and Jewish EMTs Save A collapsed Woman’s Life in Ein Naqquba

Muslim and Jewish EMTs Save A collapsed Woman’s Life in Ein Naqquba Ein Naqquba- On Monday night at around 10:30 p.m., a 50-year-old woman collapsed in her front yard in the town of Ein Naqquba, an Arab village west of Jerusalem. Her children found her

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – This Is What We Train For

IsraelSeen Exclusive – This Is What We Train For EMTs save a choking woman’s life in a Rehovot Restaurant Rehovot – Tuesday evening, just after 8:00 p.m. a woman in her 70s was enjoying a meal in a restaurant on Herzl Street in Rehovot when

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Israel Seen EXCLUSIVE – Saving the Life of A Badly Injured Cyclist

Israel Seen EXCLUSIVE – Saving the Life of A Badly Injured Cyclist At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Monday evening, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Itai Strominger was eating dinner with his family in their home in Be’er Milka. At the same time, a man

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Exclusive: Jewish EMT Saves Young Bedouin Girl

Exclusive: Jewish EMT Saves Young Bedouin Girl After a girl lapsed into unconsciousness in Abu Queider, a Jewish EMT from Dimona rushed to save her life   Dimona – At approximately 5:30 p.m. on Sunday evening last week, a young girl, 3-years of

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Exclusive: United Hatzalah Ambulance Team Saves Choking Victim On Rosh HaShanah

Exclusive: United Hatzalah Ambulance Team Saves Choking Victim On Rosh HaShanah Kiryat Motzkin – Just after 2:30 pm on Wednesday afternoon, the second day of Rosh HaShanah, United Hatzalah regional paramedic Doron Shapir, was in the middle of an amb

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EXCLUSIVE: Following Cardiac Arrest, EMT Performs CPR On His Neighbour Saving His Life

EXCLUSIVE: Following Cardiac Arrest, EMT Performs CPR On His Neighbour Saving His Life Kiryat Ata – On Wednesday night in Kiryat Ata, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yoni Tehila was at home in his apartment, relaxing on the couch after a long day at w

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Attending The Wedding Of The Soldier He Saved Six Years Prior

Attending The Wedding Of The Soldier He Saved Six Years Prior After a devastating terror attack almost left her dead six years ago, a young bride reunites with the EMT who saved her life by inviting him to her wedding Adam – On a Wednesday, October

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Israel Seen Exclusive: Between Delivery and Deliverance

Israel Seen Exclusive: Between Delivery and Deliverance Postman EMT Often Changes Hats Between Delivering Packages and Saving Lives   Zichron Yaakov – 46-year-old Gili Gahuzi is a married man and father of three who has been working as a delive

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IsraelSeen Exclusive: “Saving A Father In Front Of His Children”

IsraelSeen Exclusive: “Saving A Father In Front Of His Children” Jerusalem – On Tuesday night, just after 8 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yishai Salomon was in his home winding down after a long day at work when suddenly his communication

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – Helping Others Is What Life Is All About

IsraelSeen Exclusive – Helping Others Is What Life Is All About EMT Responds To Cardiac Arrest At Medical Clinic and Saves a Life   Jerusalem – On Sunday afternoon, a man in his 70s had just finished a medical checkup at the MAR Institute

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Exclusive – Rescuing A Girl Who Fell Off A Cliff

Exclusive – Rescuing A Girl Who Fell Off A Cliff Ein Naqquba – On Sunday evening, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Samr Salama was in his home in the town of Ein Naqquba when his emergency communications device began alerting him of an active med

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – Saving a Woman I’ve Saved Before

IsraelSeen Exclusive – Saving a Woman I’ve Saved Before Muslim EMT saves the life of a neighbor from his community who he has gotten to know because he has helped her so many times   Kfar Kara – Late Wednesday afternoon, Bashir Abu Ata,

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Israel Seen Exclusive – Fighting A Battle I Have To Win

Israel Seen Exclusive – Fighting A Battle I Have To Win EMT performs an incredible act of lifesaving in order to keep a 9-year-old girl with a chronic disease alive. Neve Ziv – On Saturday night, just after 9:30 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – A “Really Successful CPR” In Petach Tikvah

Exclusive – A “Really Successful CPR” In Petach Tikvah Petach Tikvah – On Monday afternoon, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT David Bashari was on his way to visit a friend on David Remez street in Petah Tikva. Just after 2:00 p.m., David was

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IsraelSeen – Helping a Young Girl After A Three Storey Fall

IsraelSeen – Helping a Young Girl After A Three Storey Fall On Tuesday night, at 19:45 p.m., a 12-year-old girl was with her friends in the Sarig outdoor mall, located in the city of Binyamina. The young adults were enjoying playing around the mall,

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – From Death To Life in 10 Minutes Early Intervention By Family and First Responders

IsraelSeen Exclusive – From Death To Life in 10 Minutes Early Intervention By Family and First Responders Early Intervention By Family and First Responders, Brings A Cardiac Arrest Patient Back To Life In Less than Ten Minutes   Kiryat Gat R

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“Our Common Goal Is Saving Lives”- Jewish and Muslim EMTs Leave Training Class To Save A Life

“Our Common Goal Is Saving Lives”- Jewish and Muslim EMTs Leave Training Class To Save A Life Moshav Ram-On – On Monday night at 9:30 p.m., four United Hatzalah volunteers were participating in an advanced EMT training class. Three of them were

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – “We Are Here To Help, Today Is No Different”

IsraelSeen Exclusive – “We Are Here To Help, Today Is No Different” EMTs respond quickly to save seriously injured motorcyclist after a major crash. Early one Friday afternoon in the middle of February, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Netanel Moya

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IsraelSeen Exclusive – Saving A Life Amid Purim Rush

IsraelSeen Exclusive – Saving A Life Amid Purim Rush On Tuesday afternoon, volunteer EMT Chezy Roth was at his store in central Jerusalem, tending to his customers who were going about their last-minute Purim shopping when his communications device

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Israel Seen Exclusive – Finding the Motivation To Keep Going, Even When We Don’t Succeed

Israel Seen Exclusive – Finding the Motivation To Keep Going, Even When We Don’t Succeed On Wednesday afternoon in Givat Ze’ev, a young boy just under two years old was playing in his backyard when he tripped and landed on the family’s jacuzzi

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Israel Seen Exclusive – Saying Thank You 13 Years Later

Israel Seen Exclusive – Saying Thank You 13 Years Later This past Monday evening, United Hatzalah volunteer and Rehovot resident Micha Shulem walked into one of the shuls in the city to daven Maariv and noticed a man from the corner of his eye looki

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Israel Seen Exclusive – “Not Only Do We Deliver… We Deliver”

Israel Seen Exclusive – “Not Only Do We Deliver… We Deliver” David Abell is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and an Oleh Chadash living in the Israeli coastal city of Ra’anana. Prior to making aliyah, David lived in Chicago and was very activ

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IsraelSeen Exclusive Taking Break From Coffee To Save A Life

IsraelSeen Exclusive Taking Break From Coffee To Save A Life Ebud Beker is a Muslim United Hatzalah EMT hailing from a small village in East Jerusalem. This past Friday, Ebud was enjoying a coffee with his two brothers at a local coffee shop when his emer

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Providing Better Care For Your Patients By Befriending Fellow First Responders

Providing Better Care For Your Patients By Befriending Fellow First Responders Yitzhak Sheinberg, a United Hatzalah volunteer from Haifa, works as a nurse’s assistant for a local health clinic. He is married and has two children. Since the summer, Yitzh

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Interfaith Humanitarian Organization Donates Emergency Medical Kits to Volunteers in Israel

Interfaith Humanitarian Organization Donates Emergency Medical Kits to Volunteers in Israel The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship) donated 160 emergency medical kits to United Hatzalah of Israel, a volunteer emergency medical

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Devo Klein - Exclusive: Constantly Sharing My Oxygen

Devo Klein – Exclusive: Constantly Sharing My Oxygen Avraham Levinger is a United Hatzalah EMT hailing from the city of Beit Shemesh. One afternoon, a few weeks ago, Avraham was taking a break at the school that he teaches in when United Hatzalah’

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Devo Klein - Using Memories And Trusting Your Instinct To Save A LifeSteve

Devo Klein – Using Memories And Trusting Your Instinct To Save A Life Yehezkel Gabay is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT hailing from the city of Tzfat (Safed). A few weeks ago, Yehezkel was learning Talmud in his local synagogue when he received an

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Devo Klein - Israel Seen Exclusive - A Quick Pit Stop -

Devo Klein – Israel Seen Exclusive – A Quick Pit Stop – Volunteer EMT Saves A Man’s Life With Oxygen On The Way To Pick Up His Son   On November 1st, just after 3:00 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Aryeh Shavit was on his way

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Devo Klein - Exclusive Dealing With The Aftermath Of An Emergency

Devo Klein – Exclusive Dealing With The Aftermath Of An Emergency   Following a serious medical emergency at 3:00 a.m., three EMTs stay to clean the elderly patient’s apartment   Jerusalem – On Wednesday morning just after 3:00 a.m

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Exclusive - Israeli EMT Saves Her Own Husband’s Life

Exclusive – Israeli EMT Saves Her Own Husband’s Life Geulah Pollak has been a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT for the past 4 years. She has previous experience as a first responder but took hiatus for about 10 years prior to joining United Hatzalah

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Israeli Woman Saves The Life Of Her Own Daughter Thanks To Her EMT Training

Israeli Woman Saves The Life Of Her Own Daughter Thanks To Her EMT Training Towards the end of 2019, Roxanne Weinberg took an EMT training course to become a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT so that she could help others. Little did she know that what she le

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Exclusive Devo Klein - United Hatzalah Head of Strategy Saves Local Grocery Store Owner

Exclusive Devo Klein – United Hatzalah Head of Strategy Saves Local Grocery Store Owner When Moti Elmaliach is not working as the head of strategy and PR at United Hatzalah, he is out saving lives as one of the organization’s 6,000 volunteer EMTs.

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Exclusive - EMTs Perform Successful CPR and Save The Life Of A Collapsed Kfar Saba Woman

Exclusive – EMTs Perform Successful CPR and Save The Life Of A Collapsed Kfar Saba Woman On Wednesday night, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shalom Zohar was resting in his home in  Kfar Saba, when he received an emergency alert on his communications

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Devo Klein-Saving A Choking Baby- A Truly Meaningful Yom Kippur

Devo Klein-Saving A Choking Baby- A Truly Meaningful Yom Kippur On Yom Kippur evening, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Mordecai Holtz, who lives in the town of Neve Daniel, was praying in shul during the special holiday service, when his emergency communica

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Exclusive - Participating In A Miracle On A Construction Sight

Exclusive – Participating In A Miracle On A Construction Sight One afternoon a few months ago, United Hatzalah EMT Omer Elian, was at a customer’s office, installing a door for their entrance, when his United Hatzalah communications device ale

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Exclusive- Devo Klein-First Responder Acts Quickly To Save a Life In East Jerusalem

Exclusive- Devo Klein-First Responder Acts Quickly To Save a Life In East Jerusalem Mohammed Ahbeed is a Muslim volunteer EMT living in East Jerusalem who joined United Hatzalah last year. He has quickly proven himself as an active and dedicated volunteer

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Druze Park Ranger and EMT Saves Jewish Choking Infant In Nachal Amud

Druze Park Ranger and EMT Saves Jewish Choking Infant In Nachal Amud Afiw Bkreia lives in the town of Peki’in and works as a park ranger in the national park of Nachal Amud in Israel’s Galilee. He is married with one son and is a volunteer EMT with Un

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Israel Seen Exclusive - Rescue In A Yarkon Hotel

Israel Seen Exclusive – Rescue In A Yarkon Hotel A few weeks ago on Tuesday, at 12:30 p.m. United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center received a phone call regarding a serious injury that had just taken place in a Tel-Aviv hotel on HaYarkon Str

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Israel-U.S Creates Mental Health Service For U.S. First Responders and Health Workers

Israel-U.S Creates Mental Health Service For U.S. First Responders and Health Workers Israel-U.S. Collaboration Creates International Mental Health Service For First Responders and Health Workers Suffering From Covid-19 Related Stress Injuries. Anesthesio

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IsraelSeen Exclusive - Leaving City Hall To Save A Life

IsraelSeen Exclusive – Leaving City Hall To Save A Life Nati Danah is a devoted volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah. He is a father of four and serves as the Assistant Team Leader for United Hatzalah’s lifesaving activities in Haifa and the Carmel