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Bridgetown team encourages others to make an incredible difference as a volunteer
Volunteering for St John WA connects locals and strengthens communities. This is especially true for the volunteers in Bridgetown, who are the glue that keeps their community together. Bridgetown’s first female chair Elza Wallis said there were many different jobs to suit any personality, especially for those not aren’t interested in being on the frontline. …
Read MoreSt John shines with Pride
St John WA participated in PrideFEST Fair Day, a family friendly event held at Hyde Park on November 13 to celebrate all things Pride. St John’s stand included the crowd favourite Wiggles Ambulance, giving children the unique experience of touring the inside of an ambulance and learning all about the life-saving equipment inside. Kura Bear…
Read MoreSt John WA community paramedics and volunteers want School Leavers to have fun
St John WA has resourced School Leavers with 11 paramedics and almost 70 volunteers to ensure the safety of 10,000 high school graduates flooding into the South West from November 20 to 26. Community paramedics from across the state and volunteers from various South West sub centres band together to support WA Police in ensuring…
Read MoreDon’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…
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