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The training hall was in great panic. One of the trainers called the MDA 101 emergency line, while at the same time another trainer came out of the hall to call for help. A short distance away, she saw an MDA ambulance, and the EMTs Igor Treskin and Gassu Tekla, who were on the scene for medical securing of an event. The trainer called the medics and within a few seconds, they reached Omrit. They immediately realized that Omrit was unconscious and had no pulse and was not breathing, and began performing advanced resuscitation, which included chest compressions and electric shocks by a defibrillator.

Less than a minute later, after the CPR began, and in just about two minutes after Omrit's cardiac arrest, she returned to life. The pulse stabilized, Omrit again breathed on her own and regained consciousness. The MDA MICU’s team that arrived on the scene performed medical examinations and evacuated Omrit to a hospital when her condition was stable. Omrit was hospitalized and underwent examinations. Six days later, and when a special pacemaker (defibrillator) was implanted in her body; she was released from the hospital to her home.

Omrit's sister, Neta, who lives in Texas, completed a visit to the country the day before Omrit's cardiac arrest, and upon arriving in the US, heard what happened to her sister. Doctors told Omrit after an MRI examination said her immediate family members were advised to check because there was an increased chance of illness. A cardiologist who discovered that she had a problem similar to that diagnosed with Omrit, which could cause acute cardiac events, examined her sister, Neta. Neta, as well as Omrit, never imagined that she could have cardiac arrest, without any prior warning, and at a young age. Shortly thereafter, a defibrillator was also implanted in Neta's body, through which her life could be saved in the event of cardiac arrest

"My case highlights the need to raise public awareness of cardiac arrest, and perform basic CPRs in the first few moments and use the defibrillator. I was lucky, but unfortunately it is not always the case," said Omrit Yisraelovich Sheffer, "thanks to the MDA team who saved my life, my children have a mother today, and I am grateful for that. Following my case, a medical inquiry was made to my family, and my sister also received preventative care so that what happened to me would not happen to her. "