israeli-medical-schools – gobriantravel

Israel 24,

April 14, 2025,

Hi Everyone,

I finally got enough sleep to face the day properly. My usual 6hr30min progressed to 7hr and I awoke fully refreshed. ⅔ of my team was new to me today. 1 of the paramedics who is in the army and doing her training with me was with me today. She is both lovely and lovely to work with. The chief of staff of the MDA station was the driver today. He is very experienced in his work and a good driver. The chief of the team was another lovely girl who finished her MDA training with the military in Gaza. For a young girl of 21, she has seen a lot of trauma. She would like to go into medicine. She is currently studying for the SAT exam which is an American exam accepted for admission into Israeli medical schools. She is calm, cool and collective which makes her a very professional paramedic to work with. She explained the admission requirements to get into an Israeli medical school. One way is to apply after high school. This is a 7 year course. The student must at one point go into the army for 3 years. The other way which she has chosen, is to do paramedic training and work as a paramedic both with MDA, a civic ambulance service and as a paramedic in the army. The student then has 4 years of medicine to do. There are 7 medical schools in Israel, all of very good quality. I hope that she is successful with her exams as in my opinion she will make a very good physician. I will be working with the 2 young ladies tomorrow. I am happy as they are very proficient in their approach to patients.

We had 3 patients today which were very routine and I will not describe in detail. The 1st patient was an elderly woman who may have had a urinary tract infection, had been prescribed Cipro and was not doing well. She looked dehydrated so we rehydrated her with ringers lactate. She also had a tender abdomen and will require a full work up including a CT scan of her abdomen. She made a remarkable improvement on arrival at the hospital. 2nd patient was weak and had an abnormal EKG in spite of the fact that he had a pacemaker. The 3rd patient was a routine patient with shortness of breath. I have not seen any major trauma since arriving here in Israel.

It is passover and a number of restaurants are closed for the holidays. Some of my usual restaurants were full and I could not get a table without a reservation. It is Monday night and the restaurants are packed. I walked over to Dizengoff Square where there are several restaurants to choose from. I am sitting at a table over looking the square and just had a dish of shrimps accompanied with a beer. Delicious. The night air is cool and comfortable with Israeli rock music in the background.

Love,

Brian

My MDA station and my team,