The Lifesaver Newsletter

Magen David Adom inaugurated National Defibrillator Awareness Day in Israel on Tuesday, February 22nd. All week, MDA staff and volunteers are hosting CPR and defibrillator training throughout the country in malls, parks, and other public spaces In Israel, some 8,000 cardiac deaths occur each year, and about half happen outside of hospitals. MDA is working…

Israel’s Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz visited the MDA National Command and Control Centre in Kiryat Ono on Thursday morning. The minister met with MDA Director-General Eli Bin who shared the challenges MDA faces daily, how Covid has compounded them, and the lifesaving organization’s solutions to overcoming them. The minister viewed a presentation by Chief Information…

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL — “Help! Help! Something terrible has happened!” The alarming call, coming amid shouts of pain, bombarded a member of the Northbrook Community Synagogue as she entered the temple’s sanctuary outside of Chicago to find over a dozen worshipers lying helpless on the bimah platform and in between the chairs below. As she…

For the second year in a row, Magen David Adom stations in Israel’s Lachish region (northwestern Negev) participated in a competition to test their skills. Six stations from Ashkelon, Ashdod, Kiryat Malachi, Gam Yaven, Sderot, and Kiryat Gat, joined by four intensive care teams from the Negev, Ayalon, and Jerusalem areas sought to bring home…

We all face situations where family, friends and colleagues experience an accident or serious medical emergency. Would you know what to do in that situation? Would you know how to help and perhaps even save a life? Magen David Adom understands just how important the right knowledge and training is when responding to any medical…