ABOUT US
FILLING
A VOID.
A VOID.
EMT Medics and Paramedics are trained to treat physical injuries. They are not trained however, to deal with traumatized, confused, or crying people in the chaotic scene of an emergency. This is where we step in.
Our unit was created out of need. At a medically traumatic scene or crisis, the physical needs were being met but the bystanders, the family, and the people that were not injured in the situation, were left to fend for themselves after experiencing an extremely difficult situation.


Our unit has responders spread across Israel. When United Hatzalah dispatchers receive a request to activate the Psychotrauma & Crisis Response Unit, the team springs into action and the closest appropriate responders are dispatched to the scene. The incidents that the unit responds to are diverse, from mass casualty incidents (a terrorist attack or civil disaster) to more private tragedies like Sudden Infant Death Sydnrome (“cot death”) or suicide. Our experience has shown that early psychological first aid provides significant emotional relief for patients, their families and communities.