Personal Connection
This family member of the presenter is a Hatzolah responder who grabs his bag, AED, walkie-talkie, ID, and Hatzolah jacket before each call.
Who is her dad?
Hatzolah was founded in this New York neighbourhood in 1965.
What is Williamsburg?
When someone calls Hatzolah, the organization simultaneously contacts these other emergency services.
What are fire, police, and ambulance?
Hatzolah operates every single day of the week, including this Jewish day of rest.
What is Shabbat?
When someone calls Hatzolah, the dispatcher first asks two things: what is your emergency and this.
What is "What is your address?"
Two of the presenter's relatives also serve as Hatzolah members, making them this type of family role.
Who are her uncles?
This is the year Hatzolah expanded to Toronto.
What is 1998?
Hatzolah responds to emergencies like falls, injuries, and people who are sick and cannot do this.
What is go to the hospital on their own?
Hatzolah responds to this many calls each year in Toronto.
What is between 1,500 and 2,000 calls?
The dispatcher sends the emergency details to responders using this communication system.
What is the walkie-talkie system?
This remarkable coincidence happened once when the presenter's dad and both uncles were all called at the same time.
What is being on the same Hatzolah call?
Hatzolah Toronto originally served areas around these four roads.
What are Eglinton Avenue, Shepherd Avenue, Allen Road, and Avenue Road?
Hatzolah arrives within this general timeframe and begins helping before the ambulance arrives.
What is within minutes?
This is Hatzolah's target response time to reach an emergency.
What is 90 seconds?
The first unit to typically respond to a Hatzolah call is this type of support unit.
What is a BLS (basic life support) unit?
Learning that Hatzolah volunteers give their time without expecting anything in return inspired the presenter to do this.
What is research and share Hatzolah with the class?
When Hatzolah Toronto began, it provided service only during these specific times.
What are evenings, weekends, and Civic and Jewish holidays?
These critical minutes that Hatzolah saves can do this, depending on the situation.
What is save a life?
Training to become a Hatzolah volunteer requires approximately this many hours.
What is 250 hours?
If the situation requires it, the dispatcher will also call in this more advanced type of Hatzolah member.
What is an ALS (advanced life support) member?
The presenter describes Hatzolah as important because it is this type of service — fast, free, and available to the public.
What is a free emergency medical service?
Hatzolah Toronto started with this many responders and dispatchers combined.
What is ten responders and four dispatchers?
People reach Hatzolah by calling this — a dedicated number for emergency situations.
What is Hatzolah's emergency phone number?
In addition to vehicles, Hatzolah also uses these to respond to emergencies.
What are planes?
After the dispatcher sends out the call and units respond, Hatzolah reaches the caller in this amount of time.
What is within minutes?