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

I woke up at 6:30 from a red alert siren, I started reading reports and very quickly understood that something here is unusual. I wrote to the head of the volunteers in my district and I asked to go down south to help. I really didn’t manage to get organized and was already on an…
Board Members, Allyson Small and Melissa McCurdie co-ordinated a very successful colouring in competition for the Jewish Day Schools in October with very colourful results. Thank you to the wonderful schools and students who showed enthusiasm, skill and support for MDA Israel! It was difficult to choose the winners from the hundreds of fantastic entries…
Israel National News/Arutz Sheva — Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, was presented with an award last week for its innovative use of geographic information system (GIS) technology, which MDA uses as the foundation for its world-renowned computer-assisted ambulance dispatch system. The award was announced by Jack Dangermond, founder and president of…
“We stopped in the middle of the road, near a field, and when I opened my door, I saw a land mine. I yelled to my German colleague, ‘Let’s not stop here!’ Victoria Lifshitz, MDA Paramedic As a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Magen David Adom’s mission includes assisting other countries…
Only three weeks ago, a 55-year-old athlete collapsed on the field during a soccer match at the 21st Maccabiah Games. The Australian athlete was playing Columbia in the Masters’ Tournament for athletes 55 and over. The MDA team providing medical coverage for the Maccabiah Games responded immediately. Following CPR and electric shocks with a defibrillator, he was…
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