Making Israel Stronger by Saving Lives Every Day
THE PulseNOVEMBER 2019 Making Israel stronger by saving lives every day. See how your support is helping Israelis. In This Issue MDA in Israel and Around the World ............................ 4 Marcus National Blood Services Center Update .......... 7 Vehicle Donations Update ........................................... 8 Donor Spotlight ........................................................... 9 Overseas Volunteers ..................................................10 Regional Recaps ........................................................ 11 4 5SPRING 2018 THE PULSE 1 Pulse-NOV-2019-v24.indd 1 11/8/19 12:26 PM Israel’s most prized possession. And a terrorist’s biggest target. Help build Magen David Adom’s new Marcus National Blood Services Center, the world’s first underground, shielded blood bank and processing center. Your support to build a new national blood services center expresses your love of Israel in a way few gifts can — by saving Israeli lives, by ensuring the vitality of the state, and by protecting Israel’s blood supply for the 21st century. Be part of the most important national security project in Israel today with a gift to MDA, the state’s national medical emergency organization. 2 NOVEMBER 2019 THE PULSE Pulse-NOV-2019-v24.indd 2 11/8/19 12:26 PM MDA by the Numbers 1,094 All calls answered within Ambulances and MICUs 22,000 4 seconds volunteers of all ages Volunteers invest over 2,000,000 hours of service per year 168 600+ EMS Stations across Israel Average of First-aid training for 500 resuscitations per month 90,000 civilians and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers More than 835,000 patients treated Collecting, testing, storing, and distributing Responsible for the More than 97% lives of more than of the blood for Israel’s 5,000,000 hospitals and 100% for 9,000,000 miles traveled to save lives IDF soldiers Israelis MDA’s work is never done.
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