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Update to emergency situation in Israel – 7th October
Since early this morning – Simchat Torah – 7th October 2023 – The State of Israel has been under major attack, with hundreds of rockets being fired into Israeli communities, as well as terrorist infiltrations into Israel. Magen David Adom has been called since 06:30 this morning to dozens of incidents with victims in various…
Saved by MDA, he becomes EMT to save others.
One year ago, 21-year-old Mohammed Azbarga was swept up by a strong current at a beach in Eilat and began to drown. Passersby called MDA’s 101 hotline, while others swam out to rescue him. MDA paramedics Aviran Ashkenazi, Alon Yosef, and Ariel Auslander, and MDA EMT Maayan Oren arrived on the scene and immediately began…
Building collapse in Florida
On June 24, 2021, a 12-storey beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed killing 98 people and injuring many more.
Doctors, EMTs and paramedics from the South Florida Hatzalah, many of whom volunteer with the Magen David Adom International Unit, were among the first at the scene to provide lifesaving medical care, alongside rescue organisations.
Emergency Medicycle in honour of the late Jeremy Spinak
The MDA board recognised Jeremy’s incredible service to our community by dedicating a medicycle in his memory. These first responder medicycles are a vital part of MDA’s lifesaving services as they can more easily navigate through heavy traffic and narrow streets. Thanks to GPS technology, MDA’s world leading dispatch system immediately communicates and deploys the…