First Aid

Teen MDA trainee saves dad's life, identifies worrying symptoms

Lana Liani, 15, from Tel Aviv, uses skills from her MDA youth training to identify a life-threatening condition in her father and urge immediate hospital care—actions doctors say saved his life.

Toddler Saved By Passerby With First Aid Training While Choking

18-month-old saved by woman while choking at community center in the town of Savion.

8-year-old in serious condition from the flu

Young girl suffers severe breathing difficulties, requires resuscitation due to complications from the flu.

Emergency Fund First Aid for Families on the Confrontation Line

At this stage, the security situation in the south of Eretz Yisrael is difficult.

After saving his own son, EMT implores parents to learn CPR

‘What would have happened had I not been around to help Elie? What would have happened had I not had the training I have?'

Israeli 'mental first-aid' method goes international

'The given is that we can't stop the threat. What we can do is stop the helplessness.'

First aid course offered in haredi seminary panned

Haredi educational journal attacks the idea of a first-aid certification program offered by haredi seminar.

MDA volunteer saves neighbor after heart failure

MDA paramedic Arik Koznitz was on hand to save the life of his neighbor, Yaakov Zelaves, who suffered heart failure outside his house.

MDA Trains Nepalese Students in Israel to Save Lives at Home

A group of 24 students from Nepal studying in Israel will be going home, equipped with life-saving skills they picked up in Israel.