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Six officers from St John Papua New Guinea are undertaking a month-long leadership program in Perth to build international connections and develop expertise. The personnel are visiting St John in pairs, with each duo spending four weeks on rotation working and experiencing life alongside St John WA staff and volunteers. Program Coordinator Kelly Guest said…

St John WA is proud to congratulate two Ambulance Service Medal recipients from our organisation who have been awarded in the Australia Day 2023 Honours List – Joe Cuthbertson and Dan Rose. St John WA Group CEO Kevin Brown said he was extremely proud of the work each honouree had done. “The dedication shown by…

Construction workers on METRONET projects have been given the skills and knowledge to respond to a health emergency thanks to first aid drills run by St John WA as part of its work with Evolve Bayswater and NEWest alliances. Workers took part in the drills which ran from November to January to test their emergency…

Scholarships to study emergency pre-hospital health care have been awarded to six regional St John WA volunteers, helping to boost the confidence of first responders in country Western Australia. The volunteers will start their studies this month through the Australian Paramedical College, providing them with a pathway to paid work in the pre-hospital care sector…

If he lived to see another day, Perth man James Mau swore he would make a 1250 kilometre trek to Tjukayirla Roadhouse in the Goldfields to buy his favourite T-Shirt after the original was cut from his body in the back of a St John ambulance. Thankfully, ambulance officer Simon Minton and paramedic Gabe Rumble…

St John WA has welcomed more than $2 million in State Government funding to expand sector-recognised Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) training to Western Australia’s Triple Zero (000) ambulance workforce. Above, from left, St John WA Non-Executive Director Elisa Fear, Minister for Communities Simone McGurk, St John Clinical Education trainer Jaquie Pack, St John Executive Director…

St John WA has delivered its 7000th Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to the Western Australian community with the addition of the life saving device to an Alkimos beachfront restaurant. Oceans 27 registered its AED on the St John Community First Responder Network this month, making it among 1000 defibrillators registered so far this year at local…

St John WA welcomed a national St John campaign designed to equip young drivers with basic first aid free of charge launched in Canberra on November 30. The Driver First Aid e-learning course supports St John WA’s Click to Save program as part of a national mission to serve humanity by building community resilience through first aid. Click to Save…