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St John WA celebrates outstanding team members at Recognition Ceremony

The second Recognition Ceremony of the year was held on Wednesday, October 22, and saw 167 St John WA team members honoured for their contributions. The ceremony followed the June event which recognised 189 team members, totalling 356 award recipients across both ceremonies. The event celebrates the achievements of St John WA’s operational and support…
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Community Transport Services – more than just driving

During Carers Week, St John WA caught up with long-time client Corrina Sedgman, her mum/carer Janice, and CTS driver Lillian to talk about the impact the service has on them all.  For seven years, Corrina has been a much-loved client of CTS, using the service to get to and from work.  Despite being thought of…
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St John WA activates “Call. Push. Shock.” at Perth Airport for Restart a Heart Day

St John WA brought lifesaving skills to travellers at Perth Airport, activating its “Call. Push. Shock.” campaign in the Virgin Australia terminal to mark Restart a Heart Day and Airport Safety Week. The interactive event aimed to educate the public on what to do when someone suffers a sudden cardiac arrest. Under the global Restart…
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Restart A Heart: How to become part of Chain of Survival and save lives

Sudden or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, of any age or fitness, and is when a person collapses unconscious and has agonal to no breathing. St John WA receives more than 1000 cases each year, of which only 1 in 10 survive. For every minute CPR isn’t provided, the chance of survival drops…
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St John WA rolls up to the Perth Royal Show

For more than 120 years, St John WA has been a big part of the Perth Royal Show, keeping crowds safe and bringing smiles to little faces with first aid and medical support for attendees and education and fun for children. Starting this Saturday, our awesome team will be ready to roll once more. Event…
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Powering ahead with first electric vehicles

St John WA (SJWA) is continuing its journey towards a more sustainable fleet, with the launch of five new electric vehicles (EVs) now hitting the road. The rollout includes three Community Transport Vehicles, a fleet car and an operational logistics vehicle. To support the transition, four charging stations have been installed at key sites –…
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Global impact: St John Health nurse volunteers in Kenya

For many of us, a holiday means time off with family or relaxing at home. For Kim Gibson, a casual nurse at St John Health, it meant packing her scrubs and heading to Western Kenya to volunteer with the Nurses in Action program run by World Youth International. From 29 June to 28 July, Kim…
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12,000 more reasons WA is ready to help 

St John WA is celebrating three key milestones on the State Defibrillator Network:  St John WA has reached a major milestone, registering more than 12,000 defibrillators (AEDs) across 10,000 locations — with more than one third of locations publicly accessible 24/7 — as part of the State Defibrillator Network.  From community halls to roadhouses, this…
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Meet the faces of St John WA’s bold new ‘Here to Help’ campaign 

This September, St John WA is hitting the road – and the airwaves – with a fresh, feel-good campaign that puts real Western Australians in the spotlight.  Forget stock photos and staged scenes put together by east coast advertising agencies.  This campaign is all about authenticity, with everyday characters from regional communities front and centre,…
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Here to Help: Outback Festival

Usually, the Goldfields town of Coolgardie has around 850 residents. When the Outback Festival is on it’s more like 7,850. People come from across WA to celebrate life in the ochre, pitching up and staying for the weekend. There’s bush cooking, blacksmithing and bulldozer racing by day, and boot scooting into the night. St John…
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Here to Help: Honey Ant Hunt

Fifty kilometres outside Kalgoorlie, Starlink is the only way to connect to the world. Major networks disappear with sealed roads. Gold prospectors check their satellite phones and snakebite kits and hope to return a little richer. Edie, Marjorie and Nikki offer visitors the chance to dig for something different. Honey ants are also shimmery, elusive…
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Here to Help: South Sudanese Wrestling

In Bennett Springs, a ring is being painted on a local soccer pitch. Plastic chairs are lined up. There’s a DJ booth. Loor dancers and drummers compete with the speakers and the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Cultural and Recreational Centre, on whose grass we stand, is prepared for an after-party. But first, wrestling. Today, Perth’s Western Empire will take…
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