Why There Are No Ambulances In Jerusalem

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[@halfasinteresting]

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[@InsaneSoloClutch]

And what if I dont 🤔

[@Nobi36]

Is there a way for cheaper subscriptions in asia like for a dollar in nebula for like Philippines

[@bababababababa6124]

We don’t want to + ratio

[@YoniIsrael]

Well, it's just in Old Jerusalem Just few millimetres north, south, west and east to Old Jerusalem there the city of New Jerusalem, also known as Yerushalaim, El-Quts and Jerusalem

[@BenAriH]

lOve how you pronounce Challah

[@technetium9653]

Turning Jerusalem into a series of highways and parking lots, is an interesting way to end the conflict, an American city planners dream

[@serpentofchaos4637]

It would definitely end this conflict, not sure how you would like the new conflict it would cause😂

[@trla6505]

@Eye hehe remided me of kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4u4d2uan5ikg9k

[@gargravarr2]

Whoever did that would face the fury of the world's Jews, Muslims, and Christians, as well as the Not Just Bikes community.

[@AbdellatifMohamed]

I think the UNESCO is the sworn enemy of city planners

[@soulife8383]

@Eye but you ARE a bot... it's the same darn link as the more obvious bot

[@ESRosenberg]

I'm from the Old City team and we actually DO have 2 ambulances: - A small ATV ambulance that can navigate most of the streets of the Old City - A smaller than normal Ambulance built in a Mercedes Vito frame that can only use some of the streets of the Old City but also allows us to evacuate fast from the Old City to hospitals/external ambulances through Zion gate (through which a normal ambulance won't fit). In extreme situations (severe snow storms) both vehicles may end up being used to evacuate all the way to a hospital though we prefer to transfer to external ambulances as soon as possible to not leave the Old City without emergency response vehicles for as short a period as possible. First responders from inside the Old City will be mostly on foot or bicycle/scooter and volunteer with one or both organizations mentioned. Knowledge of the actual streets and alleyways is also vital even in this age of GPS. Other "quality of life" improvements we have for our medics is that we have installed emergency response cabinets at strategic locations thus medics that are responding on foot to calls don't need to carry ~12kg in equipment for great distances. The "French Hospital" cited in the video is to the best of my knowledge a Hospice facility with no Emergency capabilities (in all my years we never evacuated there).

[@ESRosenberg]

Also as pointed out by others the Western Wall itself is very accessible to ambulances.

[@missl1775]

Boosting this - a comment from someone with actual experience in what's described in the video should get pinned. Thank you for the hard work you do every day, keeping my family (in both the literal and wider 'all of humanity' sense) safe and taken care of. I can't say how much you are appreciated.

[@user-vo2hi6lo9x]

Well said.

[@grahamlive]

Who knew you could get “severe snow storms” in the Middle East?

[@SunniLeBoeuf]

@@grahamlive Jerusalem is quite high up (about 700-900m) and can get pretty cold winters!

[@yjlion]

Please clarify, this is only the old city of Jerusalem, which is only about 1 square mile. The rest of Jerusalem has normal roads, and ambulances. Garbage pick up in the old city is done with a small dumpster that's pulled by an ATV (theirs tracks on streets that have steps) My grandfather remembered when it was done with a donkey.

[@ronlevin2339]

Not exactly, there some roads in some Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem that not accessible by normal vehicles as well.

[@shcool3]

And the Western wall is one of the places that is most accessible by car, and has its own on-call MDA ambulance (or two) when larger-than-normal crowds are expected. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is probably a better example.

[@ghosthunter0950]

@@ronlevin2339 those are very rare though.

[@mwal223]

He did clarify that this is specifically to do with the old city. He just didn't say Old Jerusalem every single time

[@ZappyRedstone]

He did

[@__skillz]

Props to Sam for uploading to the right channel this time

[@banann_ducc]

Context?

[@ecmproductions11]

I would like some background...

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

@@banann_ducc I think we can infer the joke without context

[@banann_ducc]

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter wendover upload?

[@Nicky_SMM2]

@Flash bang F

[@simel1984]

The western wall is accessable to cars, and even busses. The french hospital is not an actual hospital anymore, it's currently a hospice. The closest ER to the old city of Jerusalem is in Hadasa Har Hatsofim. Hazala work in all of Israel, not just Jerusalem, using the same system. MDA has ambulance mopeds all across Israel, not just in Jerusalem.

[@czechslovakian]

Can't wait for the next mistakes video where these are the top 4

[@jakkjhyu]

Sam uploading a poorly researched video? that's unpossible!

[@natidibner8898]

And MDA is most definitely not a part of the IDF

[@mordechaisanders7033]

Also, no hospital was built or operated by MDA.

[@emmawiner9143]

Fun fact: There are actually new, smaller vehicles used by MDA/ Hatzola called Bimbulances- combining the kiddy car name in Hebrew "Bimba" and "ambulance" as they fit one person and equipment. They are used similarly to the bikes to get to an emergency faster than an ambulance, or in narrow-road neighbourhoods (like the old city)!

[@aidanhorwitz3914]

I love it when I meet a bimbulance on scene, the name cracks me up every time

[@joshuahunt3032]

Had to look it up. That looks smaller than my Fiat 500. Interesting solution to the “no room for traditional motor vehicles” issue

[@NatetheNerdy]

Bimbolance

[@mordechaisanders7033]

Such a great name

[@MrTedjamable]

As a paramedic I 100% approve of the term Wee Woo Wagon

[@boscbosc7039]

15 years in, and I’d never heard it.

[@twentyone6225]

As a fellow paramedic I concur bandaid wagon or wee woo wagon is 100%

[@lpdgaming4848]

what about the boo boo bus?

[@sadib4782]

paramedic student here, the boo-boo bus is a good one too

[@RushedAnimation]

My brother's part of hatzala, and carries car keys, a phone, and walkie talkie on shabbos despite being observant in case of an emergency. It's completely volunteers, and my brother responds to about 2-3 calls a week

[@morganw2492]

To be fair, saving a life is one of the few exceptions to observing shabbos. Good for your brother!

[@sujimtangerines]

After seeing the HAI ep on the eruv wire that was one of the things I wondered about. I'm assuming that is one of the permitted exceptions to those that observe?

[@morganw2492]

@@sujimtangerines yes, it's called pikuach nefesh in Hebrew. Preserving life is one of the most important principles in Judaism

[@ghosthunter0950]

@@morganw2492 "pikachu nefesh" or "Pikachu soul/life" 10/10 name.

[@morganw2492]

@@ghosthunter0950 That's only if you're specifically saving a Pikachu

[@DGrayson97]

He really pronounced the CH in Challah like that lmfao

[@yuvalne]

here's one for the next corrections video

[@adammoldover8769]

Yeah. Came to the comments because as a Jew, that pronunciation is egregious.

[@yschechter7883]

@@yuvalne well actually here’s a whole bunch of things for the mistakes video.

[@JoshuaC923]

So ........ How is it actually pronounced?

[@MegaphoneMan0]

@@JoshuaC923 The "Ch" is a voiceless velar fricative, same sound as the ch in Loch

[@drfoop]

I hear “not for profit ambulance service” and think “Aren’t they all? Oh, wait…”

[@FinalSentinel]

“Oh say can’t you see!”

[@honkhonk8009]

So your government doesnt pay for your ambulance? Tf you mean "not for profit"

[@iqbalindaryono8984]

@@honkhonk8009You equate operating cost to revenue? Do you also think subsidies doesn't count as a government expenditure?

[@davidjennings2179]

@@honkhonk8009 Someone has to pay for everything but you still get none profit charities. I imagine the jibe is more at countries that still operate their hospitals and ambulances as businesses.

[@adrianblake8876]

As someone who used their ambulance service, they do send a bill in the mail. Having health insurance (which everyone in Israel has) does reduce the price significantly though...

[@maximbrekhman4276]

2:28 that challah pronunciation killed something inside of me even tho it’s a joke

[@gsjacobs]

I was waiting for the inevitable badly garbled Hebrew pronunciation and wasn't expecting THAT word to be the lucky winner. Come on, this show is based in NYC! That's definitely a word you can hear there!

[@1998tkhri]

@@gsjacobs This is why I'm convinced he's Jewish, knows roughly, how to pronounce all the Hebrew, and it's all for shtik.

[@MottyGlix]

@@gsjacobs My understanding is that he lives in London. But that _is_ an American accent, to my ear.

[@Thestuffdoer]

Oh my G-d someone pointed it out

[@guss77]

Correction: MDA (mada?) Isn't part of the IDF - it's is a private non-profit organisation which balances it's checkbook by charging the Israeli government for Ambulance services (and by being staffed almost completely by volunteers). Even though MDA is a private kind-of commercial civilian organisation, the heads of it like the pretence of paramilitary (for some weird reason) and therefore this civilian organisation's managerial hierarchy has military-styled ranks and insignia, which they wear on their uniforms. Source: I live in Israel, had the misfortune of needing to use MDA services, and have several friends who were involved with MDA in different capacities.

[@josephmandel8285]

Hatzallah is better cuz it’s free (from a hatzallah member)

[@jodishapiro4197]

MDA can be put under military control if needed.

[@guss77]

@@jodishapiro4197 I don't know about that - I heard that claim before but no high-level MDA person I talked with knows about any specific procedures. I'm guessing it's about the same level of cooperation as the IDF gets from all rescue/health operations in Israel - there's some coordination with the home front command.

[@galashery7264]

Most people already mentioned the main mistakes in video, but there’s another that I didn’t see mentioned. MDA is definitely NOT a part of the IDF. They are completely separated and have nothing to do with the military. The MDA is regulated by the Ministry of Internal Security, while the IDF is under the Ministry of Defense. Also there isn’t a single Hospital in Israel which is owned or operated by MDA. Hospitals in Israel are either privately owned or owned by the state or owned and operated by one of the four national healthcare are providers(Kupat Cholim). Also MDA do not instruct nurses, it’s a profession you study in university. They only instruct their own medics and drivers. I’m actually not sure how sam got so many inaccuracies in one video

[@ariel_sr-7125]

Actually MDA is under the Ministry of Health, fire and police are under internal security (source: I volunteer as a firefighter)

[@galashery7264]

@@ariel_sr-7125 you are completely right. I forgot. Embarrassing, I volunteered as a firefighter for 4 years and somehow forgot it. When they did that thank you night for internal defense in Yad alyihu MDA weren’t there? I don’t know why I vaguely remember that they were. I guess not. Anyway you are right

[@ariel_sr-7125]

@@galashery7264 you know I wasn’t there because I wasn’t free that night so I have no idea. But it won’t be far fetched that they were invited as fellow volunteers to get thanked.

[@AaronCederberg]

Uhhh. 1. There’s a full on bus stop that can handle double length busses that’s probably less than 100 yards from the western wall, and it’s all very well paved so they’d be able to easily get a wheeled stretcher anywhere in the area. Car access to the Al Aqsa compound up top is probably via the Lion’s gate, which is also like 100 yards from the giant courtyard area, which is also plenty smooth enough to roll a stretcher over. In general, there are a number of roads that do venture into the old city, and you’re never far from a place that a normal ambulance would be able to access. So they just use a stretcher, just like anywhere else in the world. 2. The ambucycles operate City wide and are more about getting medical equipment and expertise to the patient quickly even if there’s traffic or whatever, and they don’t actually transport the patient. That’s still an ambulance thing. 3. The hospital you mentioned is more of a palliative care ward, and nobody would go there for an emergency. Interesting to see how un-thorough the research is whenever these videos touch on things I know about.

[@Jehty21]

Your last paragraph makes you wonder, doesn't it...

[@AaronCederberg]

@@Jehty21 Yup. It’s pretty important to do a self audit of whatever the algorithm decides to serve up.

[@Hollycalvey]

I realized that ages ago with these videos. They sound very informative until it's about something you know about and you realize how terribly wrong it is

[@DueySR]

After reading through the comment section it seems like the factuality of this video is so bad they should probably just take it down. The entire thesis of the video falls apart and makes no sense.

[@Hollycalvey]

@@DueySR honestly that’s the thing, same goes for most of these videos. I remember one about how the Greek economy was bad because of Greek geography and it was so terrible and debunked in the comments that they deleted the video, you can still find reuploads

[@ofekbritstein7279]

Actually, the western wall is accessible by car and bus as there is a a square for dropping people less then 100 meters from the western wall itself and 10 meters from the western wall plaza(on the outside of the security check point)

[@ANobleRabbit]

"britstein" sure sounds middle eastern.. Europe misses you, go back

[@loopback36]

FYI, MDA is very much **NOT** part of IDF

[@colinmartin9797]

As a Seattle EMT, you basically just described what it's like to work at a UW husky football game. Pretty much to the tee. Just swap "religious pilgrim" for "drunk alumni in their 50s who doesn't know they can't party like they're 23 anymore"

[@allangibson8494]

Not a hell of a lot of difference - they are just worshiping a different set of deities…

[@hananberger4372]

A few corrections, united Hatzola also has their own ambulances that could transfer patients. Both MADA and United Hatzola use the ambucycles to get to a call quicker and both are able to get inside the old city, granted the Idea of an ambucycle comes from united Hatzola but MADA has also adopted it. As far as I'm aware United tends to claim a 90 second response time, idk if that's different for the old city specifically so I could be wrong in that regard. Otherwise this was a fantastic video!!! Source: I live here and have many friends involved in both organizations. Edit: fact check

[@rollinroby4920]

Source(s): Dude trust me

[@hananberger4372]

@@rollinroby4920 yeah, pretty much, lol

[@joshwolk7954]

I'm an ambulance driver for Mada, Ichud does not coordinate sending ambulances with Mada. The opposite, their ambulances show up to to calls after we get there and occasionally, if they are closer and get there first, they will transport without telling us. Other then that Ichud has some amazing people volunteering for them.

[@hananberger4372]

@@joshwolk7954 ah, my bad, I was under the impression that they did, thanks for the correction, I'll make the edit in the comment

[@MottyGlix]

@@joshwolk7954 Foreign readers won't know that Ichud is short for Ichud Hatzalah.

[@y.vinitsky6452]

As a former war time MDA volunteer, I'll add another correction to the many and varied already listed. MDA is NOT and has never bean part of the IDF even during war time. As a red cross organization they assist injured combatants and civilians on both sides when needed. The closest they get to IDF is they train combat paramedics and many are IDF veterans. During war time they do hang behind the lines and help transport combatants and civilians they receive.

[@Hannah.Simpson]

This. And there’s a lot to unpack about calling them a Red Cross (let’s not forget Red Crescent) organization and the fight it took to get there as well.

[@Hannah.Simpson]

Plenty of minor factual errors others have pointed out, but broadly on point. Getting a dislike from me simply for the “creative definition of defense” throwaway line. The US Army has invaded countries that didn’t attack it. Russia just invaded Ukraine in what it actively calls “defense” and yet the double standard applied to Israel, which can only go on to basically invent and inspire disruptive technology for routing emergency responders going about their lives to the nearest emergency (think Uber for medics) because it actually exists and because it responds to the very real threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.

[@anarchogarfieldist1652]

@@Hannah.Simpson Maybe don't be a colonialist apartheid state then.

[@axxellrezz]

@@Hannah.Simpson those other countries don't get free passes either. I'm American, and Bush literally lied about WMDs to invade the middle east and secure foreign oil investments. The events of WWII and the Holocaust don't give Israel a free pass to act how they please, and certainly don't justify thier systematic oppression and brutalization of the people in the West Bank and Gaza.

[@navetal]

@@anarchogarfieldist1652 Alright, done, now what?

[@midnitetoker420]

3:45 "People who observe the Sabbath, can break it with accordance to Hatzalah" As a Jew, may I offer a better way to make this statement. There is almost no Jewish law which supersedes one's life. So, yes, the Sabbath MUST be transgressed to save a person's life.

[@chaninalandesman5339]

As a volunteer of United Hatzala there are quite a few inaccuracies. But thanks for the recognition of Israeli volunteer medics. You should do a video on the volunteer EMT system that United Hatzala has in Israel and other countries its fascinating

[@rodefshalom]

Most significantly, his mispronunciation of challah.

[@enterchannelname8981]

@@rodefshalom It pained me so, so, deeply when he said that

[@edmundprice5276]

Where does the hatzala get it's funding?

[@almightyconicalflask4997]

Almighty Conical Flask Approves of WeeWooWeeWooWeeWoo.

[@Jounzey]

I used to be something like what they’re doing, here in Denmark, called a "Heart Runner" When people call on grounds of a heart attack, the emergency services will send out a ping in short range of the place where it happened, and people like me get an emergency alert on their phone, telling where to go and where the nearest outside defibrillator is (we usually have a lot of them publicly available). It turns everyday citizens into first responders, and has helped save so many lives since it was introduced.

[@brassbandit3060]

Alright so we have, no rats in Alberta and now no ambulance in Jerusalem

[@gratedshtick]

Combine the two and there is a place where no rats can operate an ambulance

[@redexxx]

Thanks to you from now on I’ll be calling ambulances “Wee woo wagons”

[@BigMikeECV]

Yeah, bonus dad joke.

[@shmubob]

The old city of Jerusalem is not the city centre. Its even a tiny percentage of the city. 0.9 square km out of a total 125 square km = 0.7% . Quite an omission!

[@PaleoalexPicturesLtd]

Watching this from Jerusalem. The title had me confused but obviously you mean the Old City of Jerusalem. Otherwise, I think that St Louis French Hospital does not do medical emergencies, so patients are presumably taken to another hospital, knowing that Jerusalem's main one is located in the western suburbs, in a place called Ain Karem.

[@Igalgal]

honestly I pass St Louis hospital everyday on the train and I really didn't know it was a still a hospital, was sure it was some sort of historical relic or something, otherwise patients usually get taken to har hatzofim hospital as it's closer.

[@eliafriat9121]

I’m in Hatzalab and I am glad you are spreading awareness for the great service we provide to all those who need

[@gilllethrill9598]

I just love how he only acknowledged his mispronunciations after saying hatzallah, the only hebrew word he was close to pronouncing correctly. I'm f***ing dying over “tchallah” (the transliterated ch is pronounced close to the j in spanish) and “maygen dayvid adom” (its closer to mah-gen dah-veed)

[@1998tkhri]

בגלל זה, אני חושב שהוא יודע איך לומר את המילים, אבל אומרים אותן כזה בכוונה. גם כי הוא אמר "הצלה" נכון אבל ביקש סליחה, וגם כי אם את.ה מסתכל.ת, בכמעט כל סרטון שלו על מטוסים (ויש הרבה, גם כאן וגם בוונדובר פראדאקצ'נס), אחת מהתמונות היא של נתב"ג

[@c.y.hollander5592]

Stranger: he pronounced it correctly until announcing he had been mispronouncing it and switching to the mispronunciation hat-zala. I couldn't help wondering if it was supposed to be a subtle joke.

[@Nooticus]

It wasn’t a subtle joke lol

[@jasonhaven7170]

Like "t-ya-lah"?

[@gilllethrill9598]

@@jasonhaven7170 nah bud like jala (in the back of your throat like Julio or José)

[@Bxll_Bxll]

I always use these to be half entertained. Very nice one HAI, thank you for working hard to give these videos to us! Also “WeeWooWeeWooWeeWoo” And “Neighbor dying hilariously” Said in that voice that’s just so detached cracks me up 😂

[@Bxll_Bxll]

@accept the fact Hah no bot you’re not better than every KZbinr. How narcissistic do you have to be?

[@samiraperi467]

Do Japanese ambulances go "weeaboo weeaboo weeaboo"?

[@shoe777]

@@samiraperi467 that is an ungodly amount of unfunny

[@panzerveps]

Heart attacks are my favorite pastime.

[@ghost.8836]

@@shoe777 I don't know, that's better than the average anime joke. But that's not much.

[@nattivl]

You forgot to mention that MDA is the only branch of The red cross that has volunteer teens in it. You can volunteer from the 8th grade and up. And since volunteering and knowing how to give first aid are mandatory to study in Israel, Many teens do volunteer. (For your finals you need to volunteer a certain amount of hours, and you also, with addition to many more things, need to pass a 2 day course of giving first aid)

[@keeptotheW]

No, youth volunteers are a common thing in the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.

[@ghosthunter0950]

Just adding, you also have the option of doing national service in MDA for which you take a multi month course or an accelerated intensive 1 month course to become a medic.

[@callum9999]

That is flat-out untrue. Numerous Red Cross organisations have teen volunteers (even if we restrict it to under 18s - which is what I assume you meant?).

[@danielk2055]

If it’s mandatory, should it still be called “volunteering”?

[@nimrodsangero3753]

"Volunteering is mandatory in Isreal" LMAO this little irony sums our fucked up country perfectly

[@speedyjago]

There is a similar organization in some Swiss cantons called First Responders. This is also fully voluntary and can get up to several alarms per day. There is an add-on group in some cantons First Responder organizations called Rapid Responders which is exclusively actual medical doctors who volunteer to attend First Responder calls.

[@lh8664]

Holy shit your hebrew pronunciations 😂💀

[@yuvalne]

absolutely no fact checking of pronounciation. embarrassing.

[@SomasAcademy]

When he pronounced "challah" as "tchallah" it caused me physical pain

[@ShadowsOfTheSky]

What’s the proper way? A hard “Kallah,” or a softer “Ch” sound but still “Challah?” Or a “Sh” sound like “Shallah?”

[@codycrank3465]

Now I’m just waiting for yearly mistake vid 😂

[@aji_jacobson]

@@ShadowsOfTheSky It's a guttural throat-clearing-esque noise that has no english analogue. Typically people who struggle to pronounce it go for "hallah" while trying to shove that h sound down their throat which is...fine, A for effort i guess. challah made my ears bleed a little though

[@baruch4]

same lol

[@eve3614]

​@@ShadowsOfTheSky it's like the german "ch" as in "bach" but further back in the throat. usually, anglophone gentiles and some anglophone jews will pronounce the hebrew "ch" like a "h", as in hallah, hutzpah, hanukah, hasidim (instead of challah, chutzpah, chanukah, chasidim). it's a bit of a jewish in-joke, we can always tell someone isn't jewish when they mispronounce words with an english "tch", like "tchalla bread".

[@tehillashlomo2026]

As a person who visited Jerusalem there are plenty of ambulances in the city itself, it’s only in the old city which is a very small part of Jerusalem that you don’t see many of them, but they’re just replaced by motorbikes which are widely splayed in the city

[@GaviLazan]

As a resident of Jerusalem, there are tooooons of traditional ambulances, even in the old city. But yes United Hatzalah does an amazing job at getting to people FAST.

[@danielbickford3458]

@ 2:30 the CH in the bread of the aforementioned time is pronounced with a guttural h sound think the German exclamation ach. and if you can't pronounce that, a simple H would work just fine. also in hatzala the tz is pronounced as in the double z of pizza

[@yuvalne]

seriously, why on earth not check the pronunciation of these??

[@danielbickford3458]

@@yuvalne I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it simply slipped through

[@cristhianramirez6939]

@@danielbickford3458 Oh so kind of you for giving him the benefite of doubt

[@arieldahl]

this type of error is worse when it comes from a Scottish person... my 'go to' for explaining the pronunciation is to give the example of the word 'Loch'

[@rmath314]

I wanna know when the mascot Giraffeasinteresting will return... I hope nobody threw a brick at him.

[@yuvalbilu8501]

Watching this while looking at an ambulance, in Jerusalem

[@Fools_Requiem]

"Jesus sneezed." My favorite Bible passage. Also, this is actually a bit more than Half as Interesting.

[@jorji5585]

WeWoWeWoWeWo -Half as interesting 2022

[@bababababababa6124]

“No one cares” - Me, 2022

[@nick2555v6]

"many of its central streets are only suitable for travel by foot" wtf I love Jerusalem

[@ilanlattke6092]

yeah it is beautiful

[@God-ch8lq]

or donkey as long as you don't use a carriage, he can fit also a horse, donkey or camel isnt legally considered a vehicle unless hes carrying a carriage of some kind

[@wta1518]

Don't worry, there are still plenty of streets filled with cars that will honk at you if you dare wait until after the light turns green to drive through the intersection.

[@johnniesalomon1942]

Jerusalem born and raised here: there are ambulances in the city, sorry to burst your bubble guys

[@yosefhaber7892]

I’m pretty sure he was talking about the old city

[@johnniesalomon1942]

@@yosefhaber7892 Yeah I know, I was referring to the title. Also Sam loves when we drive discussion and comments ;)

[@yosefhaber7892]

@@johnniesalomon1942 ahhh gotchu

[@mosin_boi]

אני חושב שהוא רק דבר על העיר השמונים. הוא לא נכון בשם של הסרט (כמו העברית שלי)

[@ASocialistTransGirl]

the easiest solution is to have a firetruck give anyone having a medical emergency a glass of water

[@ilanlattke6092]

Shut up bots

[@simontmiller]

1:20 actually Judaism isn't one of the three biggest religions so it's just the home to the two biggest (Christianity and Islam) (the third is Hinduism and Judaism is actually behind all 3 of them and Buddhism and Sikhism) 2:28 challah is pronounced with an h sound not a ch sound

[@mangogo44]

I'm pretty sure he meant three *abrahamic* religions as obviously Hinduism/Buddhism or even Sintoism (I guess) is much much bigger due to Jewish population being so small

[@randomtinypotatocried]

I remember always waving to the volunteer Hatzala members when I still worked as an EMT in NY

[@guymarkman5468]

Wait, is Hatzala actually about the sanctity of human life? I thought it was Pikuach Nefesh. I’m a Hebrew native speaker and it’s the first time I’ve ever heard of it.

[@Maya-iu3nz]

Yeah there are a lot of inaccuracies in this video and this is just one of them. It's a shame because this video is so badly made, seems like no research or fact checking went into it at all.

[@karlbasallote6719]

Do you mean to say that this video isn't reliable?

[@Maya-iu3nz]

@@karlbasallote6719 yes, so much so

[@rheonate]

Fun Fact, "Adom" in Hebrew means red. "Magen" means shield, so it's basically a red shield of David's, the Israeli equivalent to the world's Red Cross. Also, "Hatzala" means "Saving", so yeah, United Saving.

[@SolidMartian]

I actually had a medical emergency in jerusalem and Hatzalah came and took me to where they could pick me up with an ambulance.

[@kennethw6962]

Your impersonation of an emergency vehicle at the very beginning of the video made me smile. We woo we woo we woo. And you said it with such dryness and lack of enthusiasm, quite the opposite of the enthusiasm of an ambulance.

[@pizzapuntthomas]

'Non-profit ambulance sevices' 4:12

[@Look_Dad_Old_Tunes]

0:01 as opposed to WOOP WOOP, which as hip-hop scholars will recognise is the sound of the police.

[@maciasabel]

Love your videos. FYI challah is pronounced like haa-luh.

[@ilanlattke6092]

@Flash bang link to why your parents left u: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3TJipxta5hnqLc

[@cl9615]

No he pronounced it correctly

[@yschechter7883]

The CH is pronounced more like you are trying to cough up something in your throat.

[@RushedAnimation]

Actually the CH is pronounced with a more guttural sound

[@sexmansex4776]

@0 0 sure. and the other 5.6 million jews actually went underground and started a new civilization 😱

[@slavicationYT]

Hey Sam! i loved the season finale of Tag Eur-it.

[@lonelyPorterCH]

Thanks for that "enthusiasm" at the beginning^^

[@GESAM121]

To be clear this is only a very very small part of Jerusalem.

[@GESAM121]

Also Hatzalah isn’t really a concept it just means “saving” and you’re supposed to go to extreme measures to save a life

[@SeanA099]

Okay. So the Western Wall is actually really close to the edge of the Old City, and could easily be accessed by ambulance. A better example would be the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

[@LegendaryFartMaster]

0:40 That's what I'm calling ambulances from now on 🤣🤣

[@yonalazar8625]

As an Israeli graduating in health care, a few things. The Saint Louis French Hospital is a hospice centre, not an emergency room most likely a patient would be taken to shaarey zedek hospital. MDA is not a part of the IDF, the IDF has it's own medical corps, paramedics, and ambulances The western wall is not only fully accessible by vehicle, but always has MDA stationed there at the ready The old city of Jerusalem is not the city centre, and it takes up less than 5% of the city. Of that small percent many main areas are vehicle accessible, and there are especially narrow ambulances that can traverse the streets, in addition to motorbikes, bicycle ambulances, and small car ambulances. Hatzala means saving, not sanctity of life Honestly the lack of research to the facts, basic pronunciation of common words, and not so subtle digs at the IDF, is insulting

[@seasong7655]

Maybe they could strap the patient to a big drone, and just fly them to the hospital

[@frustrateduser9933]

I wonder how response times and survival rates in Jerusalem compare to other cities that do not use Hatzalah. I think we'd see some very surprising results.

[@Wesgo111]

Hatzalla operates in all of Israel but you can compare response times from Israel to other countries

[@theperson5185]

You could the US, Jewish communities have hatzalah as well. In which response time has to be kept at a MAXIMUM of 3 minutes. In the US at the surfside collapse (a massive building fell killing 99 people inside) hatzalah was there first by a large margin.

[@ghosthunter0950]

There was too much of an emphasis on hatzallah tbh. MDA hold their own weight pretty well too. There is also some funny management beef between MDA and hatzallah but on scene if both arrive everyone cooperates like the absolute professionals they are.

[@mostafaa_dz]

I assume United Hatzalah works like the Red Crescent here in Palestine

[@Dronestark]

When I felt off the bike and was hurting badly in Jerusalem a normal ambulance picked me up.(maybe it because it was a big bike race with 5000 people but I don’t think it was related )

[@emesshots1161]

The pronunciations in this video are to die for! You may need to call Hatzolah 😂😂😂

[@Steph.98114]

Imagine if a simaler thing was done in a much larger scale, lots of people have done first aid courses or are surlf life savers who could act as volunteers via an app, if an emergency happens they can call one of these volunteers who are closer to act as even quicker emergency first aid.

[@eddieherzig8264]

There are things like this in the US. PulsePoint is the biggest example in the US. It notifies people who have CPR training when a cardiac arrest happens nearby and they can respond often before EMS arrives.

[@chaninalandesman5339]

That is what United Hatzala does. With over 6000 volunteers in Israel alone

[@Jehty21]

Or you know people could just do first aid courses regularly. Like everyone could just do that. Then you don't need an app.

[@ghosthunter0950]

@@Jehty21 some of them are volunteers with a lot more training than just first aid. Some full on paramedics with a whole kit they either borrowed or bought themselves. But I'm pretty sure the majority of volunteers are at least proper medics with plenty of experience.

[@MintDJ]

We have something like that in NZ called GoodSam; Alerts people trained in CPR if someone is needing CPR in their area.

[@maw35147]

I worked in the paramedic field and that leaves me with a lot of questions: Actually one of the most common actions is to immobilize serious injured. The emergency scooters are cool, but what if for example someone falls out of the window in between a neighborhood with narrow streets. He/She would have to be immobilized and put on a stretcher - so therefore can't be put on a scooter? Is he/she going to be carried to the next acces point?

[@blahza12345]

Yes, I assume they will be carried on a stretcher (as the old city is quite small). Also, MDA has tiny quad bikes with a stretcher post for use in tel Aviv's sandy beaches, I wonder if they're used for Old City Jerusalem as well

[@cossaizy6309]

They usually carry people to the kotel/wailing wall, which most walkways lead to and ambulance can enter from there

[@chicostacos2]

I like how the woman in the stock footage lowered her glasses to see the the receipt better. 05:34

[@SJR_Media_Group]

Israel also sends complete IDF field hospitals to any major disaster anywhere in the world. They can have a full hospital, staffed with all specialties, in less than 24 hours. They are always the first to respond to natural disasters. Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Building Collapses, Floods, Hurricanes, Fires, etc. They were here for Katrina, Harvey, and many more. Condo collapse in Miami. Israel IDF Medical Teams were there with specialized gear, techniques, and workers. They superimposed a building floor plan on top of the debris pile to concentrate rescue efforts where people might be trapped, rather than wasting time digging where no one would be. Before their arrival, rescue efforts were hectic and not effective.

[@lucadelaurentiis6907]

The Italian Red Cross is also technically a part of the Italian Armed Forces.

[@nicolescats2]

MDA is more fully integrated into their countries armed forces than most if not all countries, because they (during war) tend to work in environments where it's safer to be a combatant than a non-combatant medic. That's why Israel has tank ambulances. You give up the special protections medics get by doing that, but if the people your fighting would ignore them/target medics it's worth it.

[@TheHylianBatman]

I never considered how the history of the area might affect emergency response. Very interesting.

[@tzadiko]

Great editing.... you put a B-roll of the Jerusalem market over narration involving New York (3:58)

[@nicstroud]

'Wee-woo wagons.' Love it. From this day hence, they shall be referred to by no other name. 😁

[@josiahtaylor]

Please re-title to specify that this is *only* about the Old City in Jerusalem, not Jerusalem proper which has normal roads and streets that vehicles can drive on.

[@overdramatic1438]

What a coincidence! I just started training as a MDA volunteer this week (for Tel Aviv not Jerusalem)

[@yuvalw7543]

תן בראששש

[@missl1775]

Wishing you Hatzlacha, and that you gain every skill imaginable but never actually have to use a single one.

[@aidanhorwitz3914]

I'm dropping out if MDA atm, I dont have time with my nursing studies, good luck! I'm upgrading from the ambulance to the ER

[@user-ro5cp1ro4u]

מתנדב בוגר או נוער?

[@mostafaa_dz]

The Israeli part of Palestine seems so much more developed and more peaceful than here in East Jerusalem 😢 I’m still proud of my country 🇵🇸 💕

[@shayahershkowitz5518]

Hatzalah operates in bulk part with private cars, at least here in the US and Canada. Volunteers running to emergencies are generally based on who is nearby. Regarding funding, some organizations will receive government assistance for equipment.

[@SebiSuper9mil]

Everyone: Nice video Me: plays ambulance noises made by Sam at the beginning 10 times

[@jakepotter5962]

Ebike Ambulances are the future we deserve

[@ilanlattke6092]

They'd be really helpful in partially car-free cities (or even entirely car-free cities)

[@Wolky324]

They're mostly mopeds, not ebikes

[@Rudster14]

The Hatzalah system in America is amazing as well. A Hatzalah ambulance in NYC is usually faster than one from 911

[@scottanno8861]

I see them in Miami too

[@DerNiederlander]

3:17 „something funny like a catastrophic heart attack”

[@COPKALA]

There are similar issues in Venice (Italy) although the system might not be so good. I am pretty sure that other 'old' places exist (or places where 'deregulation' is/was the daily law)... The town where my father was born has almost all roads which are 'quite narrow'...

[@scprivat9519]

The existence of "the largest non-profit ambulance service" implies larger for-profit ambulance services... Americans, what the f is going on, do you need help, do I need to send someone to help out?

[@sulaimation6253]

The Isreali Defense Force, best known for its creative interpretation of the word "defense".

[@Courtenaire9911]

just like how the UN is known for the creative interpretation of the word "refugee"

[@ugenegareth9339]

I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, show this also to thy servant: whether after death, as soon as every one of us yields up his soul, we shall be kept in rest until those times come when thou wilt renew the creation, or whether we shall be tormented at once?" 76 He answered me and said, "I will show you that also, but do not be associated with those who have shown scorn, nor number yourself among those who are tormented. 77 For you have a treasure of works laid up with the Most High; but it will not be shown to you until the last times. 78 Now, concerning death, the teaching is: When the decisive decree has gone forth from the Most High that a man shall die, as the spirit leaves the body to return again to him who gave it, first of all it adores the glory of the Most High. 79 And if it is one of those who have shown scorn and have not kept the way of the Most High, and who have despised his law, and who have hated those who fear the Most High -- 80 such spirits shall not enter into habitations, but shall immediately wander about in torments, ever grieving and sad, in seven ways. 81 The first way, because they have scorned the law of the Most High. 82 The second way, because they cannot now make a good repentance that they may live. 83 The third way, they shall see the reward laid up for those who have trusted the covenants of the Most High. 84 The fourth way, they shall consider the torment laid up for themselves in the last days. 85 The fifth way, they shall see how the habitations of the others are guarded by angels in profound quiet. 86 The sixth way, they shall see how some of them will pass over into torments. 87 The seventh way, which is worse than all the ways that have been mentioned, because they shall utterly waste away in confusion and be consumed with shame, and shall wither with fear at seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they sinned while they were alive, and before whom they are to be judged in the last times. 88 "Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they shall be separated from their mortal body. 89 During the time that they lived in it, they laboriously served the Most High, and withstood danger every hour, that they might keep the law of the Lawgiver perfectly. 90 Therefore this is the teaching concerning them: 91 First of all, they shall see with great joy the glory of him who receives them, for they shall have rest in seven orders. 92 The first order, because they have striven with great effort to overcome the evil thought which was formed with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death. 93 The second order, because they see the perplexity in which the souls of the unrighteous wander, and the punishment that awaits them. 94 The third order, they see the witness which he who formed them bears concerning them, that while they were alive they kept the law which was given them in trust. 95 The fourth order, they understand the rest which they now enjoy, being gathered into their chambers and guarded by angels in profound quiet, and the glory which awaits them in the last days. 96 The fifth order, they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible, and shall inherit what is to come; and besides they see the straits and toil from which they have been delivered, and the spacious liberty which they are to receive and enjoy in immortality. 97 The sixth order, when it is shown to them how their face is to shine like the sun, and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on. 98 The seventh order, which is greater than all that have been mentioned, because they shall rejoice with boldness, and shall be confident without confusion, and shall be glad without fear, for they hasten to behold the face of him whom they served in life and from whom they are to receive their reward when glorified. 99 This is the order of the souls of the righteous, as henceforth is announced; and the aforesaid are the ways of torment which those who would not give heed shall suffer hereafter." 100 I answered and said, "Will time therefore be given to the souls, after they have been separated from the bodies, to see what you have described to me?" 101 He said to me, "They shall have freedom for seven days, so that during these seven days they may see the things of which you have been told, and afterwards they shall be gathered in their habitations." 102 I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, show further to me, thy servant, whether on the day of judgment the righteous will be able to intercede for the unrighteous or to entreat the Most High for them, 103 fathers for sons or sons for parents, brothers for brothers, relatives for their kinsmen, or friends for those who are most dear." 104 He answered me and said, "Since you have found favor in my sight, I will show you this also. The day of judgment is decisive and displays to all the seal of truth. Just as now a father does not send his son, or a son his father, or a master his servant, or a friend his dearest friend, to be ill or sleep or eat or be healed in his stead, 105 so no one shall ever pray for another on that day, neither shall any one lay a burden on another; for then every one shall bear his own righteousness and unrighteousness." .....2 Esdras 7:75 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@jodjod6147]

"Wee woo wee woo wee woo" -Truly Inspiring words by Half as Interesting.

[@cptkirkpyro5656]

how do you transport an incapacitated person on a motorcycle? I've been riding for a while and it was loose "dead" weight back there it would be a shitty ride. especially trying to come to a stop. do they wear the person in a harness like a backpack?

[@elazarsirota]

The old city of Jerusalem is only 1 square kilometer, and has some streets that cars can drive through, so in reality, after the first responders sistain the patient situation, he is wheeled on the strecher to the ambulance, and then to the hospital... The first responders are not at all limited to Jerusalem. They part of every city in Israel, reducing the first response signitifely, and saving lifes. Usually HAI is more accurate on his topics. This time - there are a lot of inaccuracies.

[@ilanlattke6092]

I dunno. Maybe they drop him in a basket?

[@fermitupoupon1754]

You don't transport an incapacitated person on a motorcycle. I don't live in Jerusalem, but some of the oldest neighbourhoods in my city are over 2000 years old. So we have a similar issue in quite a few parts of the old city. We have motorcycle ambulances in a very similar manner, they get anywhere within the city in a couple of minutes and then stabilise the patient until a means of transporting the patient arrives. They aren't an ambulance as much as they are an emergency doctor transport. Same with Lifeline helicopters, they are primarily to get specialised doctors to a location quickly. But they're usually not for transporting a patient. That's what ambulances and mobile ICUs are for.

[@sunshineimperials1600]

Ironic, considering that the ambulance was invented during the Crusades, likely in Jerusalem, and by extension the Old City.

[@talknight2]

It was probably a donkey and a cart though

[@brucecook1156]

0:40 I was dying at “wee woo wagon” 😂

[@TheGrinbery]

Also: againthere are 2 stationary ambulances in the old city of jerusalem, and also there are also first-response minicoopers (they're very cute, I've seen one in Me'ah She'arim) and bikes, as well as trained individuals with a trauma kit on them at all times

[@ItzYeho]

As an Israeli, listening to this video's pronunciations made me wanna die lmao

[@yisroellevison8130]

You have never tried any challah🤣

[@jessehammer123]

What’sa matta? You no want-a some a my delicious chollah?

[@i_like-planes]

Me who grew up next to a hospital in Jerusalem: *oh really*

[@mello-by]

“Old” jerusalem

[@i_like-planes]

@@mello-by yea I know it was my reaction to the title 😅

[@kennym-mb3ll]

well done. thank you for posting.

[@DStein22]

You hear ambulance, I hear service that should be free

[@Lord_Mike_]

the ‘ch’ in ‘chala’ is pronounced like kh in Genghis Khan, but you probably pronounce that wrong too, the reason for it being ch instead of kh is Germany basically ‘Magen David Adom’ translates to ‘David’s Red Star(/shield’, if we go by direct translation) and ‘hatzalah’ just means ‘rescure’

[@ErelH]

Great video! But you had 3 major mistakes: The first one is that MDA is not a part of the IDF. They help them in national emergencies, but the IDF has it's own Medical Corps with it's own hospitals. The second is that the old city of Jerusalem is only a very small part of Jerusalem, both by population and geographically (less than 4% of the city lives there). And being car free, there are no car accidents there. However, it is packed with tourists all the time, and the religious significance of the old city makes it a prime target for stabbing and shooting attacks. Also, the western wall is accessible by car. And the third is that you butchered pretty much every Hebrew word in the video (:

[@CryptocurrencyInsider]

He also claimed IDF doesn’t know what defense means

[@sethgob5591]

my dude "hatzalla" literally just means "saving" in Hebrew 💀

[@coffeeinthenebula]

I'm from now calling ambulances, "WeeWoo Wagon". Thank you for introducing this into my lexicon.

[@JoBu83]

There are tons of ambulances all across Jerusalem. The Old City has smaller ambulances, and these bring patients to full sized ambulances on larger streets.

[@fyukfy2366]

It's important to note that the old city of Jerusalem is only a small fraction of the whole city of Jerusalem, where nearly a million people love

[@Henrik46]

I'm relieved to hear that all citizens of Jerusalem are loving. ;-)

[@JohnSmith-mk6nv]

Best typo ever! 🇮🇱♥️🇮🇱

[@mostafaa_dz]

@@JohnSmith-mk6nv 🇵🇸 ❤️ 🇵🇸

[@JohnSmith-mk6nv]

@@mostafaa_dz I'm so happy there is love in your heart!

[@MrCaptainchainsaw]

Would you ever consider doing a video on the Golden gate Bridge getting flattened? If you haven't already

[@bookreviewsfromareadingmac1148]

I loved Sam’s pronunciation of Magen David