Young MDA 2017

A 6-year-old boy and 20-year-old man were killed and five other Israelis injured in Jerusalem just hours before the start of Shabbat today when a terrorist rammed his vehicle into a crowd waiting at a bus stop.  A Magen David Adom paramedic witnessed the attack and began providing aid immediately while other MDA EMTs and…

Haaretz — Israelis trust Magen David Adom’s skilled medical teams to save lives 24/7 by rushing to the scenes of accidents, violent incidents, and other emergencies. Few are aware of the organization’s remarkable efforts to fine-tune its operations by adopting innovative technologies — and save even more lives. When someone in Israel calls 101 — the emergency…

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…

A cycling group of fit, active men over 60 regularly bike Israel’s most rugged trails. Recently, they were cycling in the deep desert canyons of Mitzpe Rimon, when suddenly one cyclist went down. “I’m literally alive today thanks to a hard lesson learned three years ago,” said Yaron Efrat, 70, who suffered sudden cardiac arrest…