Posts Tagged ‘Press Release’

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…

St John WA (SJWA) is launching its first ever public podcast designed by paramedics for clinicians, with 12 clinical practice episodes set to release over the next 12 months. Clinical Practice Radio, or CPR for short, will release its first episode 29 May 2025 across all major podcasting platforms. SJWA Deputy Director of Paramedicine Andy…

Four Edith Cowan University students are the latest to receive a St John WA Memorial Scholarship as part of SJWA’s ongoing commitment to reconciliation.  They were awarded as SJWA team members gathered to watch Reconciliation WA’s National Reconciliation Breakfast held in Walyalup (Fremantle) and streamed live on NITV and SBS On Demand. The scholarship is…

St John WA volunteer Bree Del Borrello, 25, is devoted to her community.  Bree has now won ‘Young Volunteer of the Year’ in the WA Volunteer of the Year Awards.  A Lancelin local and enrolled nurse, she volunteers as an Emergency Medical Technician at the Lancelin Sub Centre alongside her partner, Tyler, and mother-in-law, Tonya. …

St John WA volunteer, Alana Eru, has called Shark Bay, Western Australia home since 2014.  Hailing from New Zealand, she was at a crossroads in her life when she decided to join St John WA after seeing a Facebook ad for an ambulance recruitment day in Denham.  While her family was the original pull to…

Brian Gallop never intended to become a St John WA volunteer – but after organising the setup of a sub centre in the Goldfields town of Sandstone back in 1998, he was hooked.   He has now won RAC ‘Volunteer of the Year’ in the WA Volunteer of the Year awards.  The award celebrates ‘an individual…

St John WA volunteers, Brian Gallop and Bree Del Borrello, have won 2025 WA Volunteer of the Year awards.   Brian Gallop is the winner of the prestigious ‘Volunteer of the Year’ category while Bree Del Borrello has been crowned ‘Young Volunteer of the Year’.  Run by Volunteering WA, the awards are an annual celebration of…