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Magen David Adom’s Life-Saving Technology
Shared At International Conference
Dear Friends,
The last 6 months have
very difficult, as on the
morning of October 7th,
we all awoke to the horrors
of the Hamas attack. As of
the time of this writing on
Day 107 of this war, 1400
Israelis killed including 200+
soldiers, 240 plus kidnapped,
129 still remain in captivity.
We all have been glued to the
television sets, watching, crying and listening, checking on
our families as this war unfolds. The heroes of Magen David
Adom have been doing the same, working around the clock, Ido Rosenblatt (right) and paramedic Menahem Blumenthal command and control capabilities developed by MDA.
and running towards danger in order to care for the injured.
Magen David Adom alone has lost over 19 personnel in the
line of duty working to save lives. hopeful story that was written in the Jerusalem
MDA Emergency Personnel Killed since October 7th
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abilities that were in our in-house system helped us to
accomplish our mission.”
MDA’s Technological Response
MDA’s advanced technological capabilities enabled
it to respond to the tens of thousands of calls received
that day at the organization’s 101 Call Center, provide
medical instruction by phone through pictures and video
calls, and even automatically dispatched the teams to the
many incident scenes, thus saving valuable time.
The dispatch technology was developed and is
continuously updated in-house by Magen David Adom
developers. The Israel Fire and Rescue Department
recently adopted it, and it has also been shared with
Magen David Adom Head of Technology and Innovation Division organizations outside of Israel that are using the advanced
Blumenthal, a resident of Kibbutz Saad, located in the
This month I wanted to share with you a more western Negev near Kfar Aza and Nachal Oz, said that in
his twenty years of working as a paramedic, he thought
Post on Feb 16th, by Alan that he had seen everything, but the reality of what he
Rosenbaum. MDA’s advanced experienced on October 7 taught him otherwise. At 6:30
technological capabilities AM on that day, he was finishing a 24-hour shift in the
enabled it to respond to the tens Eshkol station near the Gaza border when the rockets
of thousands of calls received began to land.
on October 7 within seconds, “I realized that we were in a different situation – that
something MDA had been the war was taking place inside Israel and not outside the
preparing for years for, because country.” Because of the presence of terrorists in the area,
of your support. he was unable to transport the wounded immediately to
Ido Rosenblatt, Information the hospital and was forced to begin treating patients in a
Systems Director of Magen David nearby synagogue. “Instead of celebrating the holiday of
Adom and MDA Paramedic Simchat Torah, with dancing and prayer in the synagogue,
Menachem Blumenthal discussed the synagogue became an operating room with patients,”
the organization’s lifesaving he related.
activities on October 7 when As the fabric of our noble cause, your involvement
Hamas attacked Israel, at Joint can take many forms. From sponsoring urgently needed
Perspectives, a conference hosted ambulances to contributing essential emergency medical
by the German newspaper WELT equipment, or even supporting the ongoing training of our
and The Jerusalem Post in Berlin paramedics—the current and future saviors of Israel—
last month. every gesture has the power to make an impact.
Rosenblatt said that Magen In times of crisis, Israelis place their trust in Magen
David Adom deployed state- David Adom to be a steadfast presence, ready to answer the
of-the-art systems with many call. And in turn, MDA depends on devoted communities
features, including artificial like yours and people like you to fortify our emergency
intelligence capabilities (AI) preparedness. This invaluable partnership, forged since
that helped speed up response 1930, has transformed MDA into the world’s preeminent
times and enabled real-time and proficient Emergency Medical System.
video communication with To explore these opportunities, please reach out
MDA staff at its emergency call to Yishai Mizrahi, the Area Director for American
center. The system also enabled Friends of Magen David Adom in Boca Raton/Delray
location of the injured in areas Beach, at 561.288.5658 or via email at YMizrahi@
that were difficult to reach. “At afmda.org.
Your dedication is immeasurable, and we are forever
grateful. Am Yisrael Chai. 
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