MDA Australia Stations

Magen David Adom Australia has built 3 MDA Medical Emergency Stations in Israel thanks to our very generous donors.

Yokneam

Yokneam is an Emergency Community Facility consisting of MDA station, Fire Station and Police Station with no funding subsidy from the Government completed in 2009.

The nearest Hospital is Haifa, twenty minutes away from Carmel and Rambam. There are thirteen kibbutzim’, moshavim and many villages in the area that rely on the one station.

Yokneam belongs to the Carmel region. The station is managed by Shimon Biton and is staffed by over 100 volunteers and 50 youth volunteers. The station volunteers provide training to the whole community, starting from fifteen years old in general first aid and CPR. The older children are trained to drive and escort the ambulances.

The station is run as a family unit, all helping one another with total support of the local council and entire community.

The nearest MICU is fifteen minutes away at Necher.

The station run’s 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. With two Standard Ambulances and two MICU’s.

The ambulance bay is at the front of the building facing the road for quick response time. The building is a single story, 460 sq m construction with provision for a double story in the future. As the site is a historic, old British military base, the station was built in Old British Colonial Style.

Today, 2020 Yokneam is a thriving community with a very high IT industry.

Krayot 1988

The new building housing the Magen David Adom First Aid Station in the Krayot was officially opened on Tuesday 11^th October 1988 providing first aid and emergency medical services to a total of over 180,000 people.

The station is located in Kiryat Motzkin, on a plot of land made available to MDA by the Israel Land Administration and the Kiryat Motzkin Municipality. The station was donated by Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia

The modern, spacious building then enabled the opening of an MDA Mobile Intensive Care Unit Centre serving the Krayot and surrounding area. It was staffed by 18 paid employees and 180 volunteers.

After 18 years the station had a complete renovation funded by MDA Australia bringing it up to today’s standards

Ramat Gan 1965

Built in 1965, the Ramat Gan Medical Emergency Station serves the cities of Ramat Gan, Givatayim and B’nei Brak – an area of around 400,000 people

In addition to providing emergency and first-aid medical services, the Station encompasses Magen David Adom’s Paramedic Training School which not only serves Magen David Adom personnel, but also trains Israel Defence Forces and other essential services personnel.

In 1998 Magen David Adom Victoria renovated the station from the generous estate of Serena and Alexander Ludwig. From then it became an Australian sponsored station

Thanks to the generosity of the Goldschlager Family the refurbishment of the paramedic training school was completed in 2010.

With over 500,000 people today Ramat Gan is a very busy station.

MDA Australia Stations

Yokneam

Krayot 1988

Ramat Gan 1965

A total of 832,277 Patients and casualties were transferred to hospitals

MDA Operates 166 stations throughout Israel

MDA teams perform an Average of 500 resuscitations per month

MDA evacuated 74,865 wounded in road accidents, and 5,142 wounded from work-related accidents

232 babies were delivered in ambulances and at home assisted by MDA team members

There are 350 paramedics in the organization

On average, 1,745 operational callouts take place every day

In a public satisfaction survey conducted MDA came in 2nd place after the IDF on a list of security, emergency and rescue organizations with a score of 96%

According to the organization's statistics, the average response time for an ambulance and mobile intensive care unit is 8 minutes after the first call is received

In 2015, MDA celebrated its 85th anniversary

In a public satisfaction survey conducted MDA came in 2nd place after the IDF on a list of security, emergency and rescue organizations with a score of 96%

In 2015, MDA celebrated its 85th anniversary

MDA Employs 2,200 paid staff members and activates 22,000 volunteers, 12,000 of whom are teenagers

4,500 First Responder volunteers respond to an average of 488,8 calls a month I Volunteers invest over 1.5 million hours of service per year

The oldest volunteer is 90 years old & the youngest is 15

17,954 women in labor were transferred to hospital delivery rooms

There are 3 professionals in a Mobile Intensive Care Unit

A Life Support Ambulance A MICU team of 2 includes an Emergency Medical Technician and a paramedic

100,000 Israelis have downloaded the "My MDA" cellular App

20,000 Life Guardians are active across the country

110,000People underwent resuscitation courses

An intensive first aid and resuscitation course lasts 60 Hours

More than 470 foreign volunteers from 22 different countries were trained and volunteered in MDA stations

MDA trained 3,000 young parents in Infant and Child resuscitation

1,750 teenagers are given summer courses every year in infant and child resuscitation

750 teenagers are trained during courses to manage an MCI - Multi Casualty Incident

260,000 Blood Units were donated to MDA's Blood Bank | The MDA Blood Bank Services have 43 Blood Bank Mobiles

MDA dispatchers answer an emergency phone call in less than 4 seconds

The MDA emergency phone number is 101.

MDA deploys 379 MICUs (Mobile Intensive Care Units)

MDA deploys 715 ambulances

MDA deploys 63 of which are able to navigate through difficult routes and off-road conditions

MDA deploys 8 Dune Tractors (MULES) to evacuate victims from unconventional areas

MDA deploys 5 paramedic supervisor ALS vehicles, and 2 helicopters

MDA deploys 507 First responders on motorbikes

MDA deploys 50 armored ambulances are also deployed in friction and combat zones

There are 174 MDA ambulances stationed in Kibbutzim, Moshavim and Local Councils