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MDA launches National Defibrillator Awareness Day in Israel.

Magen David Adom inaugurated National Defibrillator Awareness Day in Israel on Tuesday, February 22. All week, MDA staff and volunteers are hosting CPR and defibrillator training throughout the country in malls, parks, and other public spaces. MDA youth volunteers demonstrate CPR and defibrillator use in… Read more

Living Torah: Yeshiva students volunteer for MDA.

Meir Harel Hesder Yeshiva, with 24 locations throughout the city of Modi’in, combines intense Torah study with a commitment to military service and community. Part of that commitment includes a paramedic and volunteer program with Magen David Adom. “We have made the slogan [for the… Read more

MDA youth volunteers: “A team of angels.”

Last week, an ambulance was called to a house in Netanya by the wife of an elderly man who had fallen. After he was treated, Romy Peled, a youth volunteer who was part of the crew, noticed that the couple needed more than just medical… Read more

Pizza delivery boy saves baby’s life, thanks to MDA training.

ynetnews.com — Gilad Zargari is a high school student from Be’er Sheva who also works delivering pizzas on weekends. Last Saturday, when he arrived at a listed address, he heard cries of terror coming from inside the house. The 17-year-old, who also volunteers for the Magen… Read more

Magen David Adom and Ben-Gurion University announce academic affiliation.

Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s national paramedic and Red Cross service, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), one of Israel’s leading universities, are affiliating in an academic initiative designed to improve training for paramedics and EMTs and the quality of pre-hospital emergency care in… Read more

Israel’s health minister introduces legislation to make MDA the official medical first-response dispatcher.

Yesterday, Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz introduced legislation that would designate Magen David Adom as Israel’s official dispatcher for all medical first responders and make MDA’s 101 medical emergency number the nation’s official hotline. While a 1950 Knesset law enshrined MDA as Israel’s official EMS… Read more

Microsoft teams up with MDA to provide directions for people who have come into contact with Covid-positive people.

With the rampant rise of the Omicron variant, Israel recently became the most Covid-infected nation per capita in the world. The nation’s health services have been overwhelmed, and the public is confused by Israel’s rapidly changing protocols. Microsoft approached MDA and proposed adding an artificial… Read more

MDA’s ambulances’ air conditioners get outfitted with filtration units to protect against viruses.

ISRAEL21c — Ambulances throughout Israel are getting outfitted with an easy-to-install cabin air filter that transforms the vehicle’s air conditioning unit into an active air purifier. The medical-grade IN-EX filtration units were donated by AVVIR, the innovation division of advanced filtration solution provider … Read more

Israel Police adopts geolocation and live visual-feed technology developed by MDA to better monitor and enforce mandatory Covid quarantines.

To ensure Covid-positive patients adhere to mandatory isolation requirements and don’t further spread coronavirus, the Israel Police has adopted technology created by Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s emergency medical service. The technology was originally developed by MDA for its own consumer and first-responder phone apps,… Read more

Magen David Adom CEO takes shifts at Covid testing sites

People waiting in line at Israel’s largest drive-through Covid testing station run by Magen David Adom can’t believe their eyes when they see that one of the hardworking testers is none other than Eli Bin, CEO of MDA, Israel’s national emergency response and blood services… Read more