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In a first of its kind in regional WA, St John Ambulance’s Walpole-Nornalup Sub Centre is launching a new community transport service which will help make it easier for people to travel to and from their medical appointments in the region. The service has been developed and funded by the sub centre and is geared…

Cottesloe Beach was the scene of simulated emergency response scenarios on Tuesday, March 21 when lifesavers and St John student ambulance officers carried out a combined training exercise. A group of 45 student ambulance officers and eight paramedics took part in the event’s six emergency scenarios, which included stabilising a casualty with a spinal injury…

Northam Sub Centre is the first St John Ambulance location in WA to recruit nurses to work in patient transport. Registered nurses Lily Smith and Vanessa Ruscoe started at the Northam Sub Centre in late 2016, making an immediate impact. Country Ambulance General Manager Julian Smith said the nurses were brought in to assist with…

The Governor of Western Australia, Her Excellency the Honourable Kerry Sanderson AO, will today present Community Hero Awards to members of the public and St John Ambulance Western Australia volunteers and staff at Government House. The Community Hero Awards are awarded to individuals who have displayed exceptional judgement and skill to deliver care to someone…

Seven years of lobbying, fundraising and then getting down to the nitty gritty of rolling up the sleeves and building a new home for its ambulance service will be realised today in Lake Grace. St John Ambulance Lake Grace Sub Centre chairwoman/project manager Amanda Milton said the town of 1,300 people had come together to…

It all started with a group of boisterous young boys celebrating a birthday. Ten-year-old Noah was at his mate’s birthday party in Redfield Park (approximately 100 kilometres north of Perth) on 4 January and was splashing in the pool with his friends. Having been prone to seizures, Noah and his friends were aware of the…

Farm worker Jason Holmes found himself in a very tight situation when he ended up trapped in the bottom of a chaser bin on a farm in Cascades, about 100 kilometres northwest of Esperance late last year. To make matters worse, his arm was trapped in an auger from his elbow upwards. This type of…

St John Ambulance WA will undertake its largest annual deployment of paramedics, ambulance officers and equipment for Australia Day in Perth. In a major logistical operation for the State’s premier event medical service, nearly 150 paramedics and event ambulance officers will be stationed across ten locations around the Swan River including Kings Park and Crawley…

St John Ambulance WA today launches a new program backed by renowned Perth surgeon Dr Fiona Wood that teaches WA preschool and kindergarten students simple emergency management skills. Beginning in February, the St John Early Childhood Program will engage with 15,000 students aged under eight in 2017. Students will be taught how to identify an…

Scars on bricklayer Francis Sultana’s neck and chest are a visible reminder of how lucky he is to be alive. The 70 year old was using an angle grinder at a building site in Carlisle in February last year when suddenly the 23cm disc kicked back and sliced him in his neck. His fast thinking…