First aid

Ahead of Lag Ba’omer: The danger of bonfires – this is how you treat injuries

On Monday, tens of thousands are expected to celebrate Lag Ba’omer with bonfires across the country. MDA warns of the danger of injuries from the burning fire.

Lag Ba’omer
Illustration: Heart attack

How to recognize a heart attack in real time – and the pill that can save your life

Epileptic seizure

The mistake people may make when a person is having a seizure – and it could end in disaster

Illustration: Arm test for stroke identification

This is how you will identify a stroke before it is too late


Fire in Beit Shemesh, rescue teams responding

So far no casualties have been reported in the incident.

Fire burns through store in Beit Shemesh

Off-duty medic waiting in post office line saves choking baby

United Hatzalah's national dispatch center received an emergency call just after 1 p.m. about the toddler in trouble, but it was Yossi Dvir who first arrived on the scene.

Mordechai Mammon and Avraham Shitrit meet again a week after the incident

Only 10% of Israelis know how to properly administer CPR

The study was aimed at discovering how well the general populace of Israel could respond to a medical emergency that they came across before emergency responders could arrive.

United Hatzalah paramedics practice CPR on a volunteer.