The Iranians Failed On Their Mission here the Proof
On the night of the Iranian attack on Israel thousands of missiles were launched towards the country, most of them were intercepted but one of them managed to land, bringing a severe injury to a 10 year old girl, in a Bedouin village near Arad
MDA teams who received the call proceeded rapidly to the location of the scene while missiles were flying over their heads. The manager of The First Responders in Arad, senior EMT Israel Katz, tells:
"During the night, while I was on the night shift as an ambulance driver together with the EMT Doctor Zihad Abu Arar, we got prepared operationally and mentally for the expected missile attack. When the sirens began in the beginning of the night, we immediately wore our safety gear and remained alert to the radio waiting for the implications of the event. Within minutes from the first sirens dozens of bystanders and families from the Bedouin area arrived to the MDA station, and requested to stay in the shelter in the station since they don't have one in their area.
At the same time, and when Israel understood the magnitude of the attack, we were updated that a reinforcement group of ten ambulances from the whole country and Jerusalem was on its way to us, and we began preparing the station for their arrival. While we are busy taking care of the families that had arrived and calming them, and managing the fleet of ambulances that had arrived, we received a report of a direct hit as a result of the missile shootings.
A vehicle met us with the girl Amina Alhasoni who was injured in her head from missile shrapnel. On first examination a significant head injury was evident, she was unresponsive and was in need of assistance in ventilation in order to stabilize her situation. We immediately placed her on the ambulance bed, opened her airway and gave her helping ventilation with the equipment we had until the intensive care team arrived, continued treatment and eventually evacuated her to Soroka Hospital in critical condition.
An event like this needs significant mental preparation since while we treated a young girl, my wife and children were at home, absorbed sirens and explosion sounds and were scared. In moments like this you need to concentrate all your attention in order to save lives, and push aside for a moment any other thought, even if it's very significant.
When we transferred her to the Intensive Care Unit I thought that she is in immense pain, and her only sin was that she was sleeping in her bed before a new day, like every child in Israel. Like my children who were waiting for me at home.
When I heard that she had opened her eyes and that she was speaking I was very moved because I knew that we had managed on our mission. We fought for her life, and she also fought, and despite her severe injury, she survived. Immediately when I found this out I contacted her father and we arranged to come visit her as soon as possible."
Zohar Servintzky, a paramedic from MDA Arad who received the injured girl to her care, told: "She was a little girl who suffered from a significant and severe head injury. The family member who brought her told us that she was injured during the missile attack. We conducted a quick assessment, treated her and evacuated her while I continued treating her the whole way to the hospital. That's what we're here for. For every ill patient, for every injured victim. When children are involved there is a special sensitivity, but more. We are all human beings and an injured little girl is not something that passes by me. It touches the soul, cracks the armor. I wish her a full recovery from the bottom of my heart."
