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Before last week, Banksia Grove’s Ashlee Wilson wanted to be a truck driver.  That was before the 34-year-old called Triple Zero (000) in the early hours of the morning complaining of tummy pains.  A St John crew arrived within minutes, with the paramedic on board – Melissa Gardiner, who is also a midwife – quickly…

St John WA Community Transport Service volunteer Chuck Franz will go out of his way – more than four hours, in fact – to ensure elderly Northam residents get more than just safe and responsible transport to their medical appointments.  He also delivers them with a smile.  “Most of our clients are in the age…

There are many things that prompt someone to undertake a career in healthcare. For St John WA Urgent Care Nurse, Kirsty Kefford, it was growing up and seeing her mother wish she could have been a nurse. Her mother’s curiosity in the field meant Kirsty and her sisters grew up watching every possible medical show…

St John WA is committed to strengthening the resilience of the community in Western Australia through vital first aid knowledge. As part of efforts to promote first aid education, St John WA ran a free first aid course for leaders of Koordak, a non-profit organisation helping to improve the lives of the Aboriginal Community in…

St John WA is celebrating National Volunteer Week, May 15-19, by enhancing and streamlining the volunteer experience across the state-wide organisation through the appointment of two specialists. The new Volunteer Experience Business Partners (VEBPs) Allison Rayner and Elza Wallis began their journey at St John as volunteers in the regions and metropolitan Perth for many…

A new Ambulance Communications Upgrade Initiative between St John WA with Mitsui E&P Australia (MEPAU) and joint-venture partner Beach Energy launched during May. The $117,000 initiative will roll out the latest 5G compatible smartphones and Wi-Fi technology to 18 ambulances in Geraldton and surrounding Mid West subcentres in preparation for Australia’s 5G network to expand…

Thousands of people from all over the world gathered to witness the rare occurrence of a total solar eclipse in Exmouth, Onslow, Coral Bay and Carnarvon, and St John WA was right there with them. From Carnarvon to Onslow, people were in awe as the sky turned dark and the stars shone bright in the…

Almost half of WA workers have witnessed a health emergency in the workplace – but cannot say if their workplace has an Automated Electronic Defibrillator on site, the new Resilient Workplaces survey from St John WA has revealed. In good news, the fresh figures, released to coincide with World Day for Safety and Health at…

St John WA has welcomed 33 new Student Ambulance Officers to the frontline, with the new starters beginning their on-road shifts on April 2. The ranks have also been boosted with four direct-entry Paramedics starting on April 3. This is in addition to 23 Ambulance Officers going through the final stages of their progression to…

St John WA welcomes evidence two of the major drivers to surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) – bystander CPR and bystander use of defibrillators – improved in 2021.  St John performed resuscitation on 1115 cardiac arrest patients in 2021 (up from 1086 in 2020), of which 20.6 per cent survived to hospital handover (230 patients…