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New Harvey Station Manager Suleen van der Westhuizen, outgoing Chair Paul Beech, and former Harvey Sub Centre Secretary Jennifer Maughan cut the cake celebrating the history of St John WA in the regional town. St John WA’s Harvey team has welcomed paid paramedics to the region for the first time in the sub centre’s 88-year…

In the heart of Wyndham in WA’s North West, Chloe Stott is a shining example of what it means to be a dedicated St John WA volunteer. As a single mother to a 13-year-old son and the manager of the only childcare centre in town, her life is testament to the unwavering commitment to both…

The odds of surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are one in 10. Joe Jeffries beat the odds. Twice. In seven months. The 64-year-old touch rugby referee collapsed during halftime at separate games, one held at his Southern Stars Touch Football club in Karawara on January 22 this year and the second at Northern District’s Bennett Park…

St John WA has given its First Aid for Mental Health course a refresh, just in time for Mental Health Week. The updated course will be on offer from October 16, and has been updated with the most recent statistics and latest clinical information around mental health issues. The course is designed to assist the…

St John WA volunteers have been showing up to Perth’s biggest agricultural showcase and community event for 120 years as part of the organisation’s 130-year legacy of serving humanity in Western Australia. Every year since 1903, Event Heath Services (EHS) volunteers dedicate more the 200 hours to the Perth Royal Show to help safeguard attendees…

This month, St John WA is highlighting the vital importance of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and CPR in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest for “Shocktober”. Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in Australia, striking about 30,000 Australians every year. Thousands of Australian families lose someone they love to…

Above: Debra Daniels, left, and Rhonda Saville at their induction as SJWA student ambulance officers in February 2004.

Global research showing as few as 61 per cent of women who experience out-of-hospital (OHCA) cardiac arrest in a public place receive potentially lifesaving first aid from bystanders is not supported by WA figures, suggesting local bystanders are more likely to render assistance. Results from a five-year North American study was presented at the European Emergency…

St John WA has once again ‘won’ the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood WA Emergency Services Blood Drive, making 457 blood and plasma donations between June 1 and August 31, 2023. The SJWA team, comprising 269 unique donors, made 146 donations of whole blood, 12 of platelets and 299 plasma donations, saving 1371 lives in the…

St John WA ambulance crews are trialling new safety equipment to help protect against violent and unpredictable behaviour from patients and the public. More than 160 team members including emergency ambulance crews and those working across patient transfer and event health services opted in to participate in a six-month trial of stab-resistant vests and body-worn…