The Lifesaver Newsletter

Last week, a man collapsed in the Carmel Market in Tel Aviv. MDA’s 101 emergency call center was immediately contacted and began the process of saving his life with the help of an emergency defibrillator stored on the side of a Mifal HaPais lottery booth. After emergency call center EMT, Yuval Kadishi, realized that the…

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…

Australian Friends of Magen David Adom recently launched our exciting new MDA Medical Innovation Forum with and intimate boardroom breakfast, proudly sponsored by OurCrowd. This function was the first of a series of events which will showcase the latest medical companies and innovations from Israel. Thank you to all those who joined us and a…

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…

For the second year in a row, Magen David Adom stations in Israel’s Lachish region (northwestern Negev) participated in a competition to test their skills. Six stations from Ashkelon, Ashdod, Kiryat Malachi, Gam Yaven, Sderot, and Kiryat Gat, joined by four intensive care teams from the Negev, Ayalon, and Jerusalem areas sought to bring home…