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MDA participates in international multi-casualty drill in Spain.
Arutz Sheva/Israel National News — Magen David Adom joined an international multi-casualty drill that featured three different scenes representing three different sized incidents on October 30. As part of the drill concluding the annual disaster workshop arranged by the Madrid municipality, 1,200 emergency personnel, including staff from MDA alongside EMS crews from other countries such as…
MDA prepares to assist Turkey Red Cross, following fatal earthquake.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked south central Turkey, killing thousands, injuring tens of thousands, and sending shockwaves felt as far away as Israel. The Israeli military is sending a rescue delegation and Magen David Adom, as Israel’s representative to the International Red Cross, is making aid preparations amid consultations with the Israeli government, the Turkish…
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MDA’s oldest Medicycle first responder celebrates his 80th birthday.
Alex Michigan, a senior EMT, just celebrated his 80th birthday and marked 50 years of volunteering with Magen David Adom. He is also MDA’s oldest Medicycle driver. “My wife and daughter pressure me to get off the motorcycle, but I can’t; I’m addicted,” said Michigan. “To this day, I also take turns in a Mobile…
MDA participates in U.S. Hatzalah expo.
Magen David Adom, Israel’s national paramedic organization, is demonstrating its cutting-edge ambulance dispatch system to American EMTs at the Hatzalah Expo, a gathering of Jewish volunteer EMS organizations, on October 30 and 31 at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Hatzalah South Florida currently uses a version of the software that has been tailored to their…
MDA team rescues people trapped under rubble in Turkey.
Felix Lotan, a senior paramedic who oversees disaster response for Magen David Adom, is a member of Israel’s search and rescue team, which was dispatched to Turkey following that country’s earthquake Monday. Today, together with the IDF team, he rescued a 12-year-old boy and a 23-year-old woman who had been under the rubble for nearly…

