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Don’t break hearts by not checking them, St John WA warns on International Men’s Day
This International Men’s Day, St John WA (SJWA) is warning men to get their hearts checked in light of nearly 8000 life-threatening heart emergencies occurring in West Australian men in the past year. One of the six objectives of International Men’s Day on November 19 is to improve male health. Since November last year, St…
Read More‘Proud to wear our uniform’: St John paramedics reunite with young cardiac arrest survivor
Ben Aldred pictured with the team from St John WA who helped save his life. Paramedics treat hundreds of people every year, and it is not often they are reunited with their patients once an emergency has passed. Even more rare is a reunion with someone whose survival has defied all the odds. The first…
Read MoreHand-drawn card all the thanks needed
Painstakingly drawn pictures showing a car, tree and one of the St John vehicles accompanied a handwritten note from Talia Trew thanking ambulance personnel for saving her dad. Father-of-two Scott Trew is lucky to be alive after the car he was travelling in skidded off the road at Neergabby and smashed into a tree. Scott…
Read MoreNew 4×4 ambulance revs up 2022 Perth 4WD and Adventure Show
St John WA’s latest four-wheel drive ambulance went on display at the 2022 Perth 4WD and Adventure Show, November 4 to 6. The new model of Toyota HiAce Commuter with 4WD drive conversion is being kitted out like the latest St John ambulance, MK 7, with three under construction and more on order. These new…
Read MoreSt John shows appreciation for Event Health volunteers
St John WA has recognised 52 volunteers from Event Health Service (EHS) and Youth & Community Engagement (Y&CE) for dedicating a combined 60,000 hours to volunteering across more than 3400 events in the past year. The annual EHS/YCE Volunteer Appreciation Ceremony, held Thursday 3 November celebrated significant milestones of service to the community, including five years…
Read MoreBrooke’s Story – Sing Their Praises | St John WA
Brooke, like so many who have called upon St John, woke up on the day of her mother’s 60th birthday thinking that it would be full of joy and celebration. Instead, the severe abdominal pain which greeted her quickly turned into an emergency call to Triple Zero (000), followed by an ambulance and a helicopter…
Read MoreImpact Report reveals greater safety and improved reporting for frontline workforce
St John WA is delivering a safer and healthier workplace after new figures reveal injuries to frontline staff relating to violence and aggression from patients and bystanders dropped 23 per cent over two years to FY21-22. The fall coincided with a strengthened culture of reporting, with an increase of violence and aggression incident reporting of 27…
Read MoreCardiac arrest survivor supports Restart a Heart Day message
A family picnic along the Swan River took a turn for the worst when Mark Donovan suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in January this year. Mark’s family and first aid-trained bystanders sprang into action and performed CPR until nearby Water Police were signalled for help and administered an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). The rapid response to…
Read MoreQuick thinking restarts Perth man’s heart
Having a cardiac arrest is not how Perth man Neil O’Brien planned to kick off his retirement. But that’s what happened to him just three days in to he and his wife Maria’s trip of a lifetime around Australia. The pair were camped at Coronation Beach, about half an hour north of Geraldton, when Neil,…
Read MoreDon’t miss a beat for Restart a Heart Week
St John WA Urgent Care nurse Mark Pascual knew the importance of every heartbeat when he found himself saving the life of a restaurant patron having a sudden cardiac arrest. Sudden cardiac arrest is a medical emergency when someone is not responding and not breathing normally. Only one in 10 people survive sudden cardiac arrest.…
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