Day 10: Monday 16th October
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He collapsed in his kayak; MDA saved his life.
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…
Foreign MDA volunteers reflect on saving lives in Israel.
The Jerusalem Post — Magen David Adom’s Overseas Volunteer Program held its annual ceremony on Thursday, July 21, with 158 foreign volunteers in attendance, half of whom had completed the June program and the rest about to begin their ambulance shifts. After 10 days of extensive training, the volunteers are deployed on ambulances and provide support —both physical…
MDA IS WORKING ON VACCINE FOR CORONAVIRUS
As part of the project, MDA will collect plasma units from those recovered from Corona in order to treat the severely ill. This is based on the assumption that those who have recovered from the disease have developed special anti-virus proteins (antibodies) in their plasma. These units provide patients with a “passive vaccine” that may…
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…
Times of Israel reports on MDA mass-shooting training in Chicago.
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…