MDA paramedic Yoel Kahn was among the teams dispatched to the sector:
\n“I received the first casualty at the staging point in Kochav Michael. He suffered from penetrating injuries resulting
\nfrom gunfire and shrapnel. I received him in a hand-off from Hadas Ehrlich’s bulletproof Mobile Intensive Care Unit team. We agreed he
\nhad to stay awake, and I would get him to the hospital alive. We treated him with medication, gave him plasma (a blood
\ncomponent), and fluids on the way to the hospital, performing every possible action for him until we arrived at the
\nhospital. After evacuating casualties to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, my team and I had to break into a
\nburning house and rescue four elderly residents who were suffering from smoke inhalation. The firefighters were on their way to the scene,
\nand we realized that if we didn’t go in at that moment and get them out, they wouldn’t survive. Toward 7:00 PM, I evacuated two reserve
\nsoldiers who suffered from gunshot and shrapnel wounds. As part of my role in MDA, I evacuated and treated several casualties
\namidst sirens. In these cases, we get out of the ambulance and protect the wounded with our own bodies.”
\nHappily, Yoel, known as “Yoyo” to his friends, was recently invited to the wedding of the sister of one of
\nthe wounded men he saved that day, who is now back on his feet. There is no greater satisfaction than this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MDA paramedic Yoel Kahn was among the teams dispatched to the sector: “I received the first casualty at the staging point in Kochav Michael. He suffered from penetrating injuries resulting from gunfire and shrapnel. I received him in a hand-off from Hadas Ehrlich’s bulletproof Mobile Intensive Care Unit team. We agreed he had to stay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n