All of a sudden, the paramedics noticed something unusual the man's dog was desperately following the ambulance.

In communities with survival rates 20 , a minimum of two of the rescuers are trained to the advanced level.

Medical organizations abroad, especially those located in Ireland, have shown a lot of support and solidarity with the medics by awarding them for their courage and dedication and by taking part in a hunger strike a month ago to demand their release.

I got a call 30 minutes ago, on a poor phone line, saying that Arafat is dead, killed while working by Israeli fire. He was one of the emergency medics I met two nights ago, compassionate, emotionally strong, and with an unabashedly wacky sense of humour. I m more saddened by his death than I can express.