Does Hatzalah Beat Ambulances to the Scene?

United Hatzalah, a non-profit medical response service founded by Eli Beer in 2006, provides free emergency treatment and ambulance transportation to anyone in Israel no matter who or where they are.

And “hatzalah”, Hebrew for “rescue”, is exactly what they do. United Hatzalah’s 6,200+ volunteers were dispatched to over 650,000 emergencies in 2021 alone! They help people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with response times often under 3 minutes and as fast as 90 seconds!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:33 Innovation in immediate medical intervention
01:09 History of United Hatzalah and ambucycles
01:34 Other rescue organizations
01:58 Forward-facing technology
02:10 Uber-like GPS system
02:33 Average response time
02:49 Integrated smartphone
03:28 Emergency modes of transportation
03:39 Cooperation and collaboration
04:00 New international chapters
04:16 Vision for medical care and cutting edge technology

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