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<\/a>Medics of the IDF, Magen David Adom, Red Crescent and Palestinian Police treat a Palestinian patient.<\/p><\/div>\n
One of the first on the scene was IDF paramedic 2nd Lt. Shir Schlosser.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever we are called to an accident, we don\u2019t consider whether it was an Israeli or Palestinian man who was injured. We never discriminate between the two,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re there, you only see the injured person; you don\u2019t pay attention to what\u2019s around you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wounded man suffered from multiple injuries, \u201cpossibly lethal,\u201d noted Schlosser, \u201cbut working together, all four groups, we treated the injured man as needed, revived him and evacuated him to an Israeli hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyday Cooperation<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the paramedic, cooperation between the IDF and Palestinian medics is quite common, with such instances occurring \u201cat least a couple of times a day.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFor every accident we alert the Red Crescent and work together,\u201d she explained. \u201cWe always provide first aid because our treatment is often better than [the Red Crescent\u2019s].\u201d<\/p>\n She added, \u201cWe usually try to take injured Palestinians to Nablus, where they can understand the language and Cooperation between IDF and Palestinian medics is inevitable due to the situation in Judea and Samaria.<\/p>\n \u201cThe population here is mixed in such a way that life is shared,\u201d remarked Schlosser, \u201cand we have to work together in order to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n Medical forces treated\u00a0over 1,500<\/em>\u00a0patients in Judea and Samaria in 2012. \u00a0Roughly a quarter of these patients are Palestinian, most of whom were injured in traffic or work accidents or suffered from various diseases.<\/p>\nbe with their families. But depending on the severity of the accident, we might bring them into Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n