How much time do you spend on the standstill in traffic jams?

On Thursday in Kyiv there was a collapse of local scale: on the bridge an accident occurred, as a result two districts were virtually paralyzed, people were walking in the heat, many of them did not get to work.

In Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa and in any other big city it is often possible to observe a picture, when, due to the crazy traffic congestions not only public transport but also cars of intelligence services cannot attend an emergency. Besides the fact that many motorists do not obey traffic regulations and do not allow cars to pass, for example, ambulances, vehicles have often physically nowhere to go. Drivers have to invent the most sophisticated methods to break through to the point of destination. After all, someone's life depends on the efficiency of their response.

In Israel, there is also a problem with congestions and it is quite serious. And just because of the fact that the intelligence services cars cannot get to an emergency site in time, people’s lives are endangered. Temperature in Israel is + 35C – and this is normal. But Israelis figured out how to correct the situation 30 years ago. In the 80s there was a situation when an ambulance could not attend an emergency in time, and as a result a child died. After this incident, a group of volunteers has organized a team that in the shortest possible time can get to a patient to give him first aid. The members of the United Hatzalah / United Rescue organization, having received information that an ambulance cannot get to any area of ​​the city, go on bikes, scooters or walk to the address to help the victim before the arrival of medical aid team. Very often such a quick response helps to save lives.

In 1989, just at the beginning of the project, only 15 volunteers took part in it. Now nationwide first aid organization United Hatzalah/United Rescue numbers 3000 volunteers. For the period of their existence, they provided first aid to 1.6 million people all over Israel. United Hatzalah not only open their offices on different continents, but also train volunteers of the largest cities in the world. In recent years, the experience of the Israeli volunteer organizations began to adopt in Brazil, Argentina, India, Panama, Lithuania, USA.

What do you think, can be such organization be useful in the congested streets of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv and Odessa? Now many people hide from the heat at the river or seaside: how can ambulance reach faraway Hydropark site or Trukhaniv island? I think the answer is obvious. During the revolution of 2014, hundreds of people become doctors, volunteers, for a short time had to learn the basics of first aid. After the outbreak of hostilities in the East of Ukraine, thousands of people were trained in the provision of various kinds of medical aid to the victims. I am sure that the creation of such an organization in Ukraine can be of a great help to the emergency services.