Medicine have made a grate progress
by 3 important discoveries:
1. In 1929 the medicine community has proved that heart rate
disorders can be regulated by defibrillation.
2. In 1965 , external chest compression has proven as an efficient
treatment due to cardiac arrest.
3. In 1967 , epidemiological statistics have shown that most death
occurred within the first hours due to myocardial infarction .
These discoveries and more were the corner stones
of modern Emergency Medicine.
* The first pre-hospital successful CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation)
was on Jan , 6 , 1960.
The Resuscitation procedures were according to the guide-lines and
techniques methods of Johns Hopkins Hospital , Baltimore , Maryland.
* In 1973 , EMS & Paramedics Act was authorized by the American congress.
185 million $ budget was spent to develop the districts EMS system.
* In 1982 , there were more than 300 organization witch trained and
operated paramedics units.*
In 1979 - The first Israeli paramedics course was born.
* The Paramedic profession in Israel was established by Professor Nancy
Caroline (Dr. then) - The Chief Medical Director of MDA (Magen David
Adom - the main and only EMS system in Israel)
* The first Paramedics course and 2 more to follow were trained by
Professor Nancy Caroline & Dr. Stefan Landes. (In 1982 , during
rescue mission , Dr. Landes and his helicopter's crew were killed) and
lasted about 1 year.
* Part of the 3 first Paramedic's courses was EMT II course.
* The first graduate EMT II in Israel was Mr. Yair Maharshak (1980)
& the first graduate Female EMT II was Mrs.Neomi Zvi (Both instructors)
* The first Chief Paramedic (Paramedic Superviser) was Paramedic
Doron Kotler and the second was Paramedic Mordi Bitton (both
graduated Paramedic's Course No 1).
* The first two Paramedics Instructors in Israel were Senior Paramedic
Eli Nadler & Senior Paramedic Neomi Zvi .
* The Paramedics Text book was "Emergency in the Street" - 1st Edition ,
by Pro. Nancy Caroline that was translated into Hebrew - and was given
to the students chapter by chapter and was attached by fabric tapes.
All the written tests and quizzes were Caroline's hand writing.
This 1st Edition text book was used till 1988.
* The first graduate paramedic student was the head of MDA Training
Department - Mr. Yair Maharshak - Paramedic No 001.
* The First two female paramedics were Mrs. Neomi Zvi & Miss.
Annat Danziger.
* In 1989 - the first "Senior Paramedic" training had started.
* In 1989 , the Paramedic's Course Text Book was changed to 4th Edition
of Nancy's Book and new tests were written by the course's instructor -
Paramedic Neomi Zvi and were updated in 1993 and 1994.
* Since 1993 the Paramedic's training lasts about a year and a half -
But no written Curriculum till these days.
* In 1993 , The Israeli Paramedics Association was founded.
* About 300 paramedics were trained in Israel within period of 20 years.
* In 1997 - the B.EMS (Bachelor of Emergency Medical Sciences)
Academic training program for Paramedics was on its first year.
It was established by the Israeli Paramedics Association at Ben-Gurion
University.
The History of the
Paramedic Neomi Zvi - Feb 2000