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MDA Responds
Following the massive barrage of missiles at Israel in the last hour, a number of hits have been reported throughout the country. MDA teams are now treating casualties in various cities whose condition has been defined as mild. Missiles which struck Petah Tikva hit residential building mildly injuring 5 who were treated by MDA. A…
IDF soldiers top record with blood drive
IDF soldiers set a record for the largest annual blood donation in the last ten years! The blood phlebotomists reserve unit was set up by the Medical Corps to assist MDA Blood Services efforts during the Covid-19 outbreak. The record was set in 2020 by the IDF soldiers for donating about 72,000 units of blood…
First wounded from Ukraine arrive in Israel for treatment
Transport was facilitated by Magen David Adom and New York–based Hatzolah Air. When an apartment building in Kyiv was hit by a missile on Saturday, February 26, Irina Karaush, 44, and her 19-year-old son, Mark, were injured. They received initial treatment from a local hospital but suffered complex injuries to their limbs. Nachman Dickstein, a…
How MDA resuscitates four men in less than one hour.
On Wednesday, June 15, dozens of calls for medical help were made to Israel’s 101 emergency hotline in one hour. Of these, four were about men who suffered cardiac arrest and were resuscitated within minutes of each other. Each of them survived, thanks to fast and professional action by MDA and defibrillators. All 101 operators…
MDA Paramedic who served as commando, killed in action
A 47-year-old police commando who additionally volunteered his time as a paramedic with Magen David Adom, was killed Friday morning, succumbing to his wounds after being struck in an exchange of gunfire with terrorists near Jenin in Samaria. The officer, Sgt. Major Noam Raz, was a 23-year veteran of the Israeli Police Force’s elite Yamam…