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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…
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…
Defibrillators Save 4 Lives in One Hour
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…
Saved from death as a baby, saving lives today.
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…