Life Saving

The 63-year-old woman collapsed near the elevators at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. A doctor who had finished his shift and was passing by noticed her and immediately performed CPR. After her pulse returned, she collapsed again several times, underwent a catheterization, and was connected to an ECMO machine. After a prolonged struggle for her life, the mother recovered: "I received my life as a...

The Ichud Hatzalah spokesperson's office released dramatic footage from a Chabad synagogue in Kiryat Malachi, where Roni Nakash suffered a sudden cardiac arrest during prayer about a month and a half ago. Elandiv Tam, a volunteer medic who was praying at the scene, rushed to provide life-saving assistance.