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MDA brings ultrasound to ambulances and helicopters.

Arutz Sheva/Israel National News — Paramedics with Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service, will soon not only be listening to the hearts of cardiac patients, but literally seeing them too. Beginning this summer, MDA will be unveiling ultrasound technology aboard its advanced life… Read more

MDA paramedic shares experiences serving in Ukraine.

“We stopped in the middle of the road, near a field, and when I opened my door, I saw a land mine. I yelled to my German colleague, ‘Let’s not stop here!’ Victoria Lifshitz, MDA Paramedic As a member of the International Committee of the… Read more

Foreign MDA volunteers reflect on saving lives in Israel.

The Jerusalem Post — Magen David Adom’s Overseas Volunteer Program held its annual ceremony on Thursday, July 21, with 158 foreign volunteers in attendance, half of whom had completed the June program and the rest about to begin their ambulance shifts. Read more

MDA saves athlete who collapses at Maccabiah Games.

Thanks to the quick intervention of the Magen David Adom team, the life of an Australian athlete at the 21st Maccabiah Games was saved today, Sunday, July 24, 2022. During a soccer match in Netanya between Australia and Colombia in the Masters’ Tournament for… Read more

Saved by MDA, he becomes EMT to save others.

One year ago, 21-year-old Mohammed Azbarga was swept up by a strong current at a beach in Eilat and began to drown. Passersby called MDA’s 101 hotline, while others swam out to rescue him. New MDA EMT Mohammed Azbarga meets EMT Maayan Oren who saved… Read more

MDA launches new Advanced Life Support Boat.

A unique Advanced Life Support Boat was dedicated by Magen David Adom at Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) in Tiberias. The Advanced Life Support Boat can moor close enough to shore where team members can disembark and load patients without setting foot in the water. Read more

EMT uses sign language to communicate with deaf patient.

Becky Gilor learned sign language six years ago. When she joined Magen David Adom as an EMT and ambulance driver in 2020, she decided to take another course to learn medical terms and conditions. Recently, her skills came in handy quite unexpectedly. Shani Navon called… Read more

MDA awarded for tech that instantly geolocates emergency scene.

Israel National News/Arutz Sheva — Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, was presented with an award last week for its innovative use of geographic information system (GIS) technology, which MDA uses as the foundation for its world-renowned computer-assisted ambulance dispatch system. Read more

Performing CPR on newborn, paramedic vows to attend brit.

There’s a line from a British poem that’s now famous, “Good things come to those who wait.” Well, the young lad now known as Avishai Cohen would have none of that. This past March, he was coming into this world regardless of the fact that… Read more

3,000 ninth graders become MDA first-aid providers.

In a momentous ceremony that took place in Modi’in, 3,000 ninth graders from around Israel celebrated the completion of their training as first-aid providers for Magen David Adom. The new graduates will work in Advanced Life Support and Mobile Intensive Care Unit ambulances across the… Read more