Man chokes while eating in Netanya, condition serious
A man in his 70s choked while eating in Netanya and was evacuated to Laniado Hospital in serious condition. The report was received at the MDA 101 emergency center in the Sharon district at 12:26. MDA teams found him unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, performed resuscitation and removed a piece of food from his trachea.
A man in his 70s choked while eating in Netanya and was evacuated to Laniado Hospital in serious condition. The report of the incident was received at 12:26 at the MDA 101 emergency center in the Sharon district. Medics and paramedics who arrived at the scene found the man unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing. During resuscitation, a piece of food was removed from his trachea, after which his pulse returned. A senior medic from the MDA motorcycle unit, Maor Branz, described the incident: the man was found lying unconscious, the team immediately began resuscitation, during which a piece of food was removed. After the pulse returned, the man was placed in a mobile intensive care unit and evacuated to the hospital in serious condition.