Posts Tagged ‘Press Release’

Mount Magnet’s IGA supermarket has received a community funded 24/7 accessible Automated External Defibrillator (AED) after one of its workers suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at the start of the year. Mount Magnet legend, known as Bull, is a regular fixture around the Mid West regional town doing IGA deliveries and thanks to the quick…

In November, St John WA hosted a delegate from Malaysia visiting for a study tour of Emergency Stream operations.  Kuyilan Muthusamy works for the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH) as the Assistant Medical Officer for a public hospital in Kuala Lumpur, and has volunteered for St John Ambulance Malaysia (SJAM) for more than five years across…

First responders from multiple agencies, including St John WA, recently participated in “Operation Hermes,” a mass-casualty training exercise at Perth Airport. The exercise, aimed at enhancing inter-agency collaboration and emergency preparedness, involved 300 participants from St John WA, Perth Airport, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, the Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Service, Western Australia…

One of St John WA’s treasured volunteers is among the winners of the 2024 Western Australian Seniors Awards. Christine Zambonetti, from Albany, was named the WA Seniors Advocate of the Year on November 12. Christine balances her advocacy work with Advocare on behalf of vulnerable seniors, particularly those with dementia or impacted by elder abuse,…

A loud crunch of a car and a driver slumped in their seat set in motion first aid training which Trevor Screaigh had just completed less than a week ago. Mr Screaigh was part of a Northam Clontarf Academy group who received free first aid accredited training on October 16 from community donations to St…

The St John Giving Tree appeal in partnership with Anglicare WA is expected to reach its goal of collecting more than 600 gifts for children doing it tough this Christmas. The partnership has now been in place for six years with more than 3000 presents being delivered to kids in need. St John WA team…

Community donations to St John WA (SJWA) has helped fund four Northam Clontarf Academy Year 12 teenagers to become first aid accredited as part of their journey to future employment. The Clontarf Foundation exists to improve the education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem and employment prospects of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and by…

St John WA is celebrating after winning one of the major categories at the Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards ceremony held at Optus Stadium on October 31. The awards recognise outstanding solutions and innovations to specific workplace health and safety problems in Western Australia. SJWA won Best solution to a work health and safety risk –…

Graham Rennie is a pretty fit 73-year-old, who exercises regularly, likes to cycle between his Como home and Manning Men’s Shed and keep up with his grandchildren over the school holidays. But the Manning Men’s Shed president quickly learned sudden cardiac arrest could still apply to him on a warm day in May when he…

New records for St John WA (SJWA) in cardiac arrest response and survivability have been set in 2023. SJWA recorded its highest survival result historically, of 39.6% in the Utstein comparator group, which is used for international benchmarking of cardiac arrest performance. It sets SJWA among best performing cardiac arrest emergency responders across the globe,…