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Some would say St John WA volunteers Katie and Brad Booth live in paradise.  The travelling couple have called the idyllic town of Coral Bay home for two years.  Katie, a local registered nurse, became a volunteer with the Coral Bay Sub Branch as a way to really engage with the community.  For Brad, who…

St John WA has been recognised as a finalist for every award submission it entered into this year’s Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA) 2025 Awards for Excellence. Five submissions were entered into the categories of Clinical Practice, Staff Development, Leadership, Mental Health & Wellbeing and Technology, excluding Patient Care. It is the first time SJWA…

189 team members of St John WA were honoured at the Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday 11 June. The event celebrates the remarkable academic and professional achievements of St John WA’s operational team with the latest Paramedic Promotions, Service Award recipients and National Medal and Clasp recipients recognised. The June event is the first of two…

St John WA is proud to share the news that former Clinical Support Paramedic Shane Toovey has been awarded an Ambulance Service Medal in the King’s Birthday Honours for 2025. Shane first joined St John WA as an on-road Ambulance Officer in 2010. He steadily climbed his way through the ranks, being promoted to Paramedic…

An organisation supporting First Nations communities across the Wheatbelt is the latest recipient of life-saving equipment from St John WA (SJWA).  Keedac (Kaata-Koorliny Employment and Enterprise Development Aboriginal Corporation) was identified as needing an automated external defibrillator (AED) after the SJWA Yarning team delivered training in Narrogin and found that the organisation did not have…

With the sheer number of paramedics, police and firefighters present at Lifeblood’s Perth Donor Centre this morning, you could be forgiven for thinking there was an emergency unfolding.  However, all those attending were there supporting a different cause – the launch of Lifeblood’s annual Emergency Services Blood Drive.  St John WA Group CEO, Kevin Brown,…

After seven years in Queensland, paramedic Lauren Tenardi has returned to Western Australia – bringing her career full circle and embracing a new chapter with St John WA. “I grew up here in WA but moved to Queensland in 2017 for a change in scenery,” she said. “I began my degree in paramedical sciences in…

More than 100 students from Leonora, Laverton, Leinster, Menzies and Mount Margaret gathered at Leonora Oval to learn more about health and first aid with St John WA and other local health services on May 29.  ‘Warnkarunku Day’ brought together primary and high school students, local not-for-profits, allied health services and sponsors from around the…

Runner Paul Jolly has been reunited with the St John WA Event Health Services (EHS) volunteer ambulance officers who helped save his life after collapsing from a sudden cardiac arrest at a local fun run in May. With no warning signs, the fit father-of-five dropped unconscious metres from the finish line in Perth having almost…