Day 13: MDA Activity Summary for the Day
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MDA launches National Defibrillator Awareness Day in Israel
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…
3,000 ninth graders become MDA first-aid providers.
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…
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…