There’s a line from a British poem that’s now famous, “Good things come to those who wait.” Well, the young lad now known as Avishai Cohen would have none of that. This past March, he was coming into this world regardless of the fact that he was only six months into his gestation. Ready or…
In a momentous ceremony that took place in Modi’in, 3,000 ninth graders from around Israel celebrated the completion of their training as first-aid providers for Magen David Adom. The new graduates will work in Advanced Life Support and Mobile Intensive Care Unit ambulances across the country. “Israel’s national rescue organization relies and depends on its…
One night 24 years ago when he was one year old, Moshe Biton’s parents came into his room to find him unable to breathe and his skin turned completely blue. They rushed him to the MDA station near their home in Hatzor HaGlilit in northern Israel. Ronen Kadosh, then a young EMT at MDA, started…
The Jerusalem Post — The ninth conference on digital learning technologies at HIT — Holon Institute of Technology was held this year with the understanding that a period of global crisis can also be an opportunity to improve processes and maximise business profits. About 20 leading companies and organizations in the Israeli market participated in a…
Israel’s Channel 11 aired “White Gold,” featuring MDA’s Sussman Family Foundation Human Milk Bank. In this three-minute excerpt, meet one mother who says, “ten minutes of my time [a day] provides quite a few meals for needy babies.” Einat Zeifa provides 160 liters of milk a month, picked up and processed by Magen David Adom. Dr. Sharron…
When Danny Atali, 66, suffered a heart attack in Ashdod Yam Park and collapsed in his kayak, his friends, park personnel, and MDA did all the right things to save his life. MDA EMT Yarin Hayat alerted the park worker where the defibrillator was, opened it remotely, and provided instructions on its use. She also…
Arutz Sheva/Israel National News — Even for veteran paramedics, few scenarios are as daunting as encountering medical emergencies they rarely see or executing new techniques in the field. But for 23 senior paramedics with Magen David Adom (MDA), a leading Israeli EMS organization, these situations will seem more familiar thanks to a simulation center at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) that…
While hiking with her father and brother, a 3-year-old girl fell into a 50-foot well in northern Israel. Her father subsequently fell after the ladder installed in the well broke when he attempted to climb down to rescue his daughter. The man told his 5-year-old son to go for help. The boy found other hikers…
The defibrillator and good CPR are the two most vital parts of any resuscitation, and it is something that anyone can do to help save lives! This week, thanks to MDA, four lives were saved in just one hour. Dozens of calls are received each hour by MDA’s 101 Dispatch Center. In the space of…
“The reason we donated the ambulance is precisely for moments like this!” Holocaust survivors Simon Lipczyc and Augusta Suzanna Lipczyz-Brand made Aliya to Israel from Belgium just 8 months ago. They looked for a good cause in Israel to which they would like to make a large donation. After some time and thought, they decided…
On Wednesday, June 15, dozens of calls for medical help were made to Israel’s 101 emergency hotline in one hour. Of these, four were about men who suffered cardiac arrest and were resuscitated within minutes of each other. Each of them survived, thanks to fast and professional action by MDA and defibrillators. All 101 operators…
A year ago, Avi Danny, 47, had a major stroke due to an aneurism. Neither the MDA team who arrived at the scene nor the doctors in the hospital he was taken to had high hopes for his survival. But after two weeks in a coma, Avi woke up. Following a 10-month rehabilitation, Avi decided…