The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/emergency-medical-care/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:11:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png emergency medical care | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/emergency-medical-care/ 32 32 Survey: Technological and other gaps leave more Holocaust survivors forgoing medical care https://www.timesofisrael.com/survey-technological-and-other-gaps-leave-more-holocaust-survivors-forgoing-medical-care/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:35:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3742290 CEO of nonprofit LeMa’anam says 28% of Israel's 110,000 survivors are housebound and have difficulty coordinating and reaching services, compounded by Israel's digital transition

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]]> What Matters Now to combat medic Tuvia Book: Reserve duty for over a year https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-combat-medic-tuvia-book-reserve-duty-for-over-a-year/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 07:27:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3429208&preview=true&preview_id=3429208 He's a tour guide in 'real life,' but since Oct. 7, the ToI blogger has spent most of his days with the Palmar Asaf Medical Extraction Unit, retrieving wounded from inside Gaza

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]]> Some hair-straightening products can cause kidney failure – pioneering Israeli study https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-hair-straightening-products-can-cause-kidney-failure-israeli-study-finds/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 08:36:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2947766 Israel 1st country to ban treatments with glyoxylic acid which gets absorbed in skin, causing pain, vomiting, and harm to kidneys; researchers anticipate global awareness

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]]> Israel to trim med student internships in bid to tackle ‘dire’ shortage of doctors https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-trim-med-student-internships-in-bid-to-tackle-dire-doctor-shortage/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:26:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2921644 Decision to halve length of medical internships and restructure them will boost number of practicing physicians and lead to better-trained doctors, Health Ministry says

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]]> In scooter-crazed Tel Aviv, 70% of injured rode helmet-less, 20% were drunk https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-scooter-crazed-tel-aviv-70-of-injured-rode-helmet-less-20-were-drunk/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:23:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2886576 Even those who protect heads often wear minimalist helmets; one such rider says: ‘I was hospitalized for several days, for three weeks afterwards I could hardly eat or drink’

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]]> Flown from Ukraine to Israel with a 1-2% chance of survival, teen recovers https://www.timesofisrael.com/teen-flown-from-ukraine-to-israel-with-2-survival-rate-recovers/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:16:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2828166 After 3 months in Israeli ICU with rare infection, Anna Kosma is released to rehab; ‘Doctors see this once in a lifetime,’ says her physician

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]]> World’s largest ER opens in Israel, raising bar for tech and scale in emergency med https://www.timesofisrael.com/worlds-largest-er-opens-in-israel-raising-bar-for-tech-and-scale-in-emergency-med/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:03:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2807477 President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid open new 8,000 square meter Tel Aviv facility boasting self-triage and robots to help you find your way

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]]> Israeli hospital reports 65% drop in serious asthma cases due to mask-wearing https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-hospital-reports-65-drop-in-serious-asthma-cases-due-to-mask-wearing/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:29:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2526868 Sheba Medical Center credits widespread use of face coverings outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic -- a health mandate that was dropped Sunday

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]]> Shocked doctors find bullet lodged in brain of ‘sleepy’ 9-year-old, remove it https://www.timesofisrael.com/shocked-doctors-find-bullet-lodged-in-brain-of-sleepy-9-year-old-remove-it/ Sun, 02 Aug 2020 12:53:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2359424 After East Jerusalem parents say they don't know what's hurting son, Hadassah doctors stunned to find he'd been shot; neurosurgeon, paged on way to Shabbat dinner, pulls bullet out

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]]> Magen David Adom launches speedy mini-ambulances https://www.timesofisrael.com/magen-david-adom-launches-mini-ambulances-for-faster-response/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:54:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1708414 Electric cars will help volunteer paramedics circumvent traffic, access narrow streets and maneuver through audiences at events

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]]> When a dummy screams for help, the IDF’s future medics rush in https://www.timesofisrael.com/when-a-dummy-screams-for-help-idfs-future-medics-rush-in/ Thu, 25 Aug 2016 09:29:07 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1449252 The army's high-tech Medical Trauma Simulator prepares troops in the most realistic way possible to treat casualties in the field

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]]> Trauma and routine all in a day’s work for Jerusalem’s paramedics https://www.timesofisrael.com/trauma-and-routine-all-in-a-days-work-for-jerusalems-paramedics/ Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:10:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1426611 Magen David Adom's 15,000 personnel are called to do everything from advising schools to responding to bombings at home and abroad

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]]> A decade on, ready and filled with dread https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-decade-on-ready-and-filled-with-dread/ Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:58:55 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1429365 The CEO of northern Israel's trauma hospital sees a looming threat that dwarfs the destruction wrought by Lebanon Two

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]]> Israel a role model for disaster medicine, says Red Cross chief surgeon https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-a-role-model-for-disaster-medicine-says-red-cross-chief-surgeon/ Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:48:25 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1379174 Harald Veen: 'Israelis have the knowledge and experience' to excel in emergencies

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]]> 2 Gazans indicted for entering Israel on forged medical papers https://www.timesofisrael.com/gazans-indicted-for-entering-israel-on-forged-medical-papers/ Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:44:01 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1332065 Palestinian pair, one of them a Hamas member, pay NIS 7,000 apiece for false papers, are nabbed by Shin Bet

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