Day 6 of the Iron Swords War: MDA Activity Summary for the Day


On November 30, 2021, an emergency drill was held at Ben-Gurion Airport, simulating the crash of a passenger plane on the runway with 250 people onboard. The drill was a joint effort between the Israeli Airports Authority, Magen David Adom, Israel Police, Israel Fire and Rescue, and other emergency organisations. “Today, we triaged 250 simulated…
With thanks to funds received from the estate of the late Vera Clarke (1923-2015), MDA NSW proudly announced the opening of an Advanced Driver Simulator, located in the main MDA Bloomberg Station in Jerusalem. The simulator will be used to train Magen David Adom Israel’s ambulance drivers. In the Emergency Medical field every second can…
Thanks to the quick intervention of the Magen David Adom team, the life of an Australian athlete at the 21st Maccabiah Games was saved! During a football match in Netanya between Australia and Colombia in the Masters’ Tournament for athletes 55 and over, the MDA team assigned to provide emergency medical coverage for the match…
Magen David Adom held its first free First Aid Course for Members on Wednesday May 12 at the Emanuel Synagogue.
Fahed Birumi, only 37-years-old, arrived at his doctor’s office with chest pains. The doctor realized Fahed was in life-threatening condition and called MDA. A Mobile Intensive Care Unit ambulance arrived on the scene just as Fahed went into cardiac arrest and collapsed. At the same time another EMT arrived. “When we arrived at the scene…
$200 Million facility will double Israel’s national blood supply. As terrorism continues to take the lives of innocent Israelis, Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, dedicated the world’s first subterranean, shielded national blood services center in Ramla, Israel, on May 2, 2022 in the presence of Israel’s President Isaac “Bougie” Herzog,…