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EMT uses sign language to communicate with deaf patient.
ByMDA
Becky Gilor learned sign language six years ago. When she joined Magen David Adom as an EMT and ambulance driver in 2020, she decided to take another course to learn medical terms and conditions. Recently, her skills came in handy quite unexpectedly. Shani Navon called the MDA hotline when her father, who is deaf, fell….

Wish Ambulance fulfills a boy’s dream to go horseback riding again.
ByMDA
Idan Yaron, a boy with special needs near Haifa, Israel, recently celebrated his 17th birthday. Idan loves horses and horseback riding had become very therapeutic for him. However, the equestrian center he used to visit closed when coronavirus started and has not reopened. “I decided I would try to surprise Idan by contacting Magen David…

Monitoring systems set up in ambulances to protect medics
MDA continues to innovate the way we battle coronavirus. Since the beginning, MDA has been at the forefront of handling the pandemic and as a result, many of our staff have and are at risk of contracting the virus. To mitigate this, MDA, along with Mifal Hapais, Israel’s National Lottery, have set up monitoring systems…

MDA needs your help to protect Israel’s blood supply
ByMDA
This Chanukah, Australian Friends of Magen David Adom are raising funds for the first underground and shielded Blood Bank in the world, which will keep Israel’s vital blood supplies safe. he new National Blood Services Centre is the most important strategic security project in Israel today. While Australia has over 96 permanent blood donation centres…

MDA Moves National Dispatch Center
MAGEN DAVID ADOM MOVES ITS NATIONAL DISPATCH CENTER TO A NEW REINFORCED FACILITY AS A SAFEGUARD AGAINST MISSILE, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL ATTACK The move coincides with other steps the organisation is taking to prepare for a number of emergency scenarios, including the possibility of war. On February 25th, Magen David Adom, dedicated its new National…
Israel Under Attack – 7th October 2023
Magen David Adom is on high alert *Using ambulances, MICUs and bulletproof ambulances: Magen David Adom teams have been providing medical care to dozens of wounded since the morning hours* At 6:29 this morning, alarms were sounded in the south of the country and in the center, alongside dozens of terrorists who had infiltrated Israeli…