Supporting Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service. #Israel #emt #paramedic #MDASavesLives Supporting Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service. American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA) supports the lifesaving efforts of Magen David Adom (MDA) in Israel and represents MDA in the US.  MDA is Israel’s only government-mandated ambulance and emergency medical responders, although it receives no government budgeted funding, serving as Israel’s second line of defense.  A team of 1,600 professionals and 12,000 trained volunteers are mandated by the Knesset (and only MDA) to provide all of Israel’s population with pre-hospital emergency medical and ambulance needs, as well as to provide blood services. The MDA National Blood Services Center provides 100% of the blood requirements of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and 97% of the blood needs of Israel’s hospitals and the general population. MDA’s fleet of 800 MDA ambulances and Mobile Intensive Care Units are on call 24/7, operating from over 100 Emergency Medical Stations and 11 dispatch stations throughout Israel, logging almost ten million miles and taking care of more than 520,000 patients annually.