Mogen David Adam emergency team launches a bicycle. It’s called Life Riders and is a new emergency response unit of the Mogen David Adam (Israel’s national emergency service) with 1,000 bicycles electric suitable for reaching patients more easily and quickly in difficult areas.

 

Each volunteer member of the group wear safety vest has equipment for resuscitation and can be called to intervene in a radius of 10 Km.

 

This commentary by Yuri Maule, a volunteer:

Each bike is equipped with a medical kit, so that once you reach a scene we are able to provide preliminary medical care until the ambulance arrives.

 

Each Life Rider (a voluntary cycling) has more than 17 years with a minimum of two years of experience and Nell MDA having attended a vocational training course to drive electric bikes within cities and in a variety of scenarios including the transportation of weights, stop, speeding, changing lanes on busy streets and night driving. Everyone must obey a speed limit of 25 km per hour and must wear a helmet, knee pads and a reflective vest.

 

It is a unit of volunteers, where the primary objective is to reach crowded areas, or areas where ambulances cannot access, such as markets and alleys.

The Life Riders are the first group in the world to use electric bikes to respond to medical emergencies. The yellow vest make volunteers more visibility and can save patients more quickly.