Most ambulances are attached to MDA stations. A network of emergency telephones, set at one-mile intervals along Israel's highways, provides Israeli citizens with immediate contact with MDA control centers and emergency ambulance service. The MICU's are equipped with the latest instruments for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac and polytrauma patients, and are linked by telemetry equipment to the coronary care sections of nearby hospitals, enabling the attending physicians to provide appropriate treatment en route. Physicians trained in emergency medicine along with additional highly specialized instruction staff MICU's. To continue to fulfill its vital humanitarian lifesaving mission, particularly in light of Israel's expanding population, MDA is in continual need of replacement parts and additional ambulances.
Balance is due three months from deposit.
Allot four to six months from ordering vehicle to completion. The usual procedure is that the dedication ceremony is held in any city where the donor lives, prior to the ambulance being shipped to Israel. Magen David Adom s fleet of ambulances was very busy in 1998. A total of 344,480 trips were made throughout Israel, administering services to patients, pregnancies, road accidents and other incidents. The following is a breakdown of the total number of MDA Ambulance trips made in 1998, by region.