In a Heartbeat

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yoel Gold’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

It was 3:30 a.m. and Rabbi Mordechai Saltan woke up with chest pains. He wasn't sure whether he was just experiencing some indigestion or maybe it was something more serious. So just to be on the safe side, he woke up his wife and they decided to call Hatzolah. She called and within seconds Hatzolah paramedics were at the door. We pulled up to the house within 30 seconds of being called and we met the gentleman at the front door and we could see he's in you know somewhat of distress. distress. Um he seemed uncomfortable. They brought with them a special high-tech machine called a LifePak 12 that tests the heart. They said, "You know what? We'll put the leads on you just cuz we're here and and you're here so let's just double check." So they put the leads on me and that's when it happened. Suddenly he says he's really not feeling well. His eyes roll back into his head and he begins to have a seizure. We immediately looked at the cardiac monitor, the LifePak, and we saw that he was in cardiac arrest. He had just died in front of us. The paramedics were forced to shock his lifeless body. We immediately shocked him in order to jump-start his heart and bring him back to life. Within 30 seconds the patient was speaking with us again. He knew where he was. He knew his name. And he wanted to know what happened. My gratitude is with them. My wife's gratitude, my children's gratitude, my family's gratitude doesn't end. Hatzolah's buses are equipped with defibrillators but usually never with a

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1. 0:05It was 3:30 a.m. and Rabbi Mordechai Saltan woke up with chest pains. He wasn't sure…
2. 0:35distress. Um he seemed uncomfortable. They brought with them a special high-tech machine called a LifePak…
3. 1:07The paramedics were forced to shock his lifeless body. We immediately shocked him in order to…
4. 1:37defibrillators but usually never with a LifePak 12. So why did Hatzolah volunteers have a detection…
5. 2:08Catskills Hatzolah. They found his heart it was very very slow. They really wanted to go…
6. 2:39on. We met up with them, we assumed care, and we continued on the way to…
7. 3:09into town, we're all looking at each other. We could barely even keep our eyes open.…
8. 3:40exactly where we had to be at the exact right second. A Lakewood Hatzolah vehicle with…
9. 4:11children, we have to remind ourselves constantly that way before we ever knew there was a…
10. 4:41support of our community's critical organizations. Thank you.…

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