Newsweek lists Sheba Medical Center’s cardiology unity among world’s top 50; Israeli EMT delivers 3 babies en route to visit new grandson; and much more!
‘I respond to 100s of emergencies and rarely do I reconnect with the people who I help. It is very special whenever someone reaches out like this,’ said the EMT.
An Israeli Muslim used the lifesaving skills he learned as a member of Israel’s top volunteer EMS organization to rescue a a fellow worshiper in Mecca from certain death.
This lifesaving augmented-reality app is now used by more than a dozen fire and police departments in the United States, as well as the United Hatzalah network in Israel.
This is the incredible story of how an team of Israeli emergency responders in Jerusalem helped a youth in distress thousands of miles away – in New York.
An EMS recounts the horrific moments when he responded to a call for help from the Salomon family in Halamish, who were attacked by a Palestinian terrorist.
Israeli lawmakers laid the cornerstone for the largest provider of health services for both Israelis and Palestinian Authority citizens in Judea and Samaria.
US Ambassador David Friedman explains how he changed a senator’s views on Israel by introducing him to United Hatzalah, a volunteer-based EMS organization.
IDF cadets developed a digital bracelet to attach to injured soldiers; VBL Therapeutics develops treatment to fight tumors; Zebra Medical Vision has launched fast, accurate medical image analysis over the web, and much more.
Israel’s Microbot develops miniature robots for cleaning drainage pipes in the body; treatment by Israel’s Teva for Huntington disease has been approved by the US FDA; Tiberias is hosting the 6th Anglo Israel Cardiovascular Symposium, and much more.
While earning a living is important, it is not something to live for, says EMT medic Moshe Jaffe. What makes him happy is volunteering to help save lives.
An Israeli company has developed the Discovery NM/CT 670 CZT system to perform faster, more accurate, safer and less intrusive SPECT/CT scans of the body; Israeli biotech Oramed has reported success in the Phase IIb study of its insulin capsule, and much more.
Comedian Jay Leno on Sunday offered to donate a $36,000 fully equipped ambucycle to Israel’s United Hatzalah emergency response group during a concert fundraiser for the group at Lincoln Center in New York City.
EZ CPR gives users step-by-step instructions on how to administer first aid to people who lose consciousness, as well as how to use a defibrillator. Additionally, users can press an emergency button that notifies emergency medical service providers of the user’s location.