MDAmedic_Tal_Rabin

Nepal is one of the countries where a lot of Israelis travele , mostly between the ages of 20-25 ("the big trip after the army") It is very common to find Israelis there, most are travelers, not a lot of Israelis live in the area. When we got there we saw at least 300 Israeli in the Israeli embassy in Chabad and hospitals in the region

Israel was the first to sent a medical delegation and the largest military Hospital that treated hundreds of wounded. There also delegation from India, ICRC from all over the world (Switzerland, Norway, for example) While I was there Israel was the most significant one

Nepal injury scale is much bigger than what I'm used to, We usually deal with one victim at a time, but Nepal had a lot of injuries at the same time. However even handle incidents of terrorism or big car accidents is not easy. Also there is a lack of resources in Nepal, lack of anesthesia medicines orthopedic equipment, making it difficult situation. So my answer is probably interested in Nepal

There are several ways to become a paramedic in Israel

1. through the army - a intensive course of one year through the IDF with the Magen David Adom . The course includes theoretical and practical parts, experience in the ambulance and hospitals over the year
2. Course of Magen David Adom in Israel - 2 to 3 years again theoretical and practical training
3. BA in emergency medicine

I did military training, which also includes a wide range of training in stressfall situations and trauma casualties care

Most babies were from surrogacy process, the parents of most of them were there (at least one parent). But each family had 3 or 4 babies, lots of babies who need this medical test, feed them,change diapers and take care of them. One of my jobs going back to Israel with them was to make sure that all the babies were ok at the flight back , a pediatrician and several paramedics and I checked to be sure everyone is okay. If needed something (for example, to give them oxygen) we had the equipment and they were treated. Two of the babies were premature and receive constant monitoring of oxygen during flight.