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MDA’s Wish Ambulance takes 3-year-old critically ill boy to the zoo.

Ofek Cohen, just 3-years old, has been confined to Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petach Tikvah for the past four months. He’s awaiting a heart transplant and is connected to an artificial heart pump. His life-threatening condition makes it impossible to leave the hospital, but… Read more

After a harrowing search, MDA team resuscitates woman at death’s door.

While home alone, Hagar Cain, 37, began to suffer from an acute and life-threatening asthma attack. Under great distress and nearly breathless, she managed to call MDA’s 101 hotline. Almost unable to speak and barely breathing, Hagar could only provide the name of her kibbutz… Read more

MDA’s Medevac unit saves lives and limbs.

MDA has been providing Medevac services, emergency medical evacuation by helicopter, for 15 years. But in March, MDA began a new partnership with Hatzolah Air, an American aviation organization that provides emergency medical air transport. Brook Aviation supplies the pilots. The… Read more

AI is changing the way Israel’s EMS and fire services respond.

. . . Artificial intelligence is already being used today in Israel to save lives by two of the country’s three emergency services, the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority and Magen David Adom, which oversees emergency medical response. “There’s no question that AI… Read more

MDA’s disaster training comes to Cleveland.

Community members and local Jewish professionals took part in a lifesaving training program called “First 7 Minutes” June 22 at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland in Beachwood. The training, developed by Magen David Adom, Israel’s national EMS organization, was offered… Read more

FOX and Detroit News report on MDA’s mass-shooting training.

FOX 2 — Congregation Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Mich., hosted an emergency EMS training session [on June 20] if the place of worship were targeted in a mass shooting. The training was conducted by Israel’s national paramedic service. “We are willing to share our… Read more

MDA trainers teach lifesaving skills at Chabad of Poway, four years after synagogue attack.

Senior paramedics were flown in from Israel Monday to teach congregants at Chabad of Poway lifesaving first aid techniques. Four years ago, a gunman opened fire at the synagogue, killing one person and injuring three others. . . . During… Read more

For the glory of the State of Israel.

The MDA ambulances that helped establish the Medical Corps, the Haganah fighters who volunteered in MDA, the medics who dealt with the chemical threat from Iraq and, other fascinating secrets that reveal how much Magen David Adom influenced the strength… Read more

Our mission: Saving lives in Israel.

Nothing about walking into the old building prepares you for the starship enterprise command center that is Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s national EMS organization’s headquarters Wide eyed, I watched the ambulances roll out. The computer screens spilt into live… Read more

Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst: MDA’s culture of preparedness.

Magen David Adom, the world’s most experienced mass-casualty response organization, never stops preparing for Israel’s next emergency — whether it be a natural or man-made disaster. Thankfully, the following scenario is fiction: a missile slams into the bleachers of Haifa’s… Read more