Being There
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The innovative use of ambucycles has become United Hatzalah’s signature contribution to emergency medical care in Israel. The organization's record response times of 90 seconds or even less are achieved to most vehicular accidents in the major cities.
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If a car catches fire our volunteers can often pull the patient out of the vehicle before the car is fully engulfed. If a person has a life-threatening hemorrhage the ambucycle medic can stop the bleeding before the onset of irreversible brain damage or death. If the person suffered sudden cardiac arrest, immediate CPR and defibrillation with their on-board AED’s will be the only thing keeping the person alive until an ambulance can get him to the hospital.
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United Hatzalah needs to equip its volunteer corps with more ambucycles. Because seconds count, United Hatzalah established the Ambucycle Unit to expedite the arrival of medics to emergency incidents. The use of ambucycles for first response has proven to be a critical link in the emergency chain of survival, allowing rescue personnel immediate access to the scene or home of a patient. The response time of an ambucycle medic averages 90 seconds due to the ability to avoid traffic congestion, road closures, debris, and parking issues. |
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| The goal of United Hatzalah is to have a trained and fully equipped volunteer within 90 seconds of every Israeli, thus increasing the number of lives saved. In order to accomplish this United Hatzalah needs to grow its volunteer corps to 3000, supply each volunteer with a defibrillator, and expand its ambucycle fleet to 500. |
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| The on scene arrival of an ambulance in Israel can be up to 10 minutes (20 minutes in rural areas), compared to anywhere between 6-8 minutes in large US cities. Without a conventional and centralized "911" system in Israel, United Hatzalah is the national first responder network. By arriving on scene in less than 3 minutes, United Hatzalah volunteers fill the time gap between the emergency and the arrival of an ambulance. |
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| When seconds count, immediate treatment is often the difference between life and death. With every minute that defibrillation is delayed in instances of cardiac arrest due to heart attack, electrocution, drowning, choking, trauma and illegal drugs, survival rates decrease approximately 7% to 10%. |
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| Source: American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care |
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