Posts Tagged ‘Press Release’

St John WA staff and volunteers have donated more than 760 gifts through the 2021 Giving Tree appeal, with presents having been collected at Sub Centres, Depots, Health Centres, and offices around the state. For the fourth consecutive year, St John partnered with Anglicare WA as its charity partner for the Giving Tree appeal. Last…

St John WA’s Esperance Sub Centre has launched a new Marine Trauma Response Resource (MTRR) to support beachgoers in the event of an emergency. Ten community MTRRs have been activated across Esperance’s popular beach locations including Kelp Beds, Duke of Orleans Bay, Lucky Bay and West Beach. Each MTRR includes a Combat Application Tourniquet and a…

All 370 students at Kalamunda Primary School are now first aid-trained after taking part in St John WA’s First Aid Focus program. St John WA’s First Aid Focus program has been developed to train and educate children with the skills to assess and respond respectively in the event of health emergency. The program is part of St…

The VR headsets were popular with the students from Shelley Primary School. Students from Shelley Primary School have become the first in Western Australia to learn first aid skills using St John’s virtual reality headsets. The new headsets, which provide virtual scenarios for children to engage with and learn from, were purchased thanks to a…

Graeme Rieusset has always felt like he was part of the St John family. His father was a paramedic with the organisation for more than two decades. But until recently, Graeme had never needed the life-saving services of St John. During a performance at The Court Hotel in September, Graeme, who was performing as drag…

St John WA is calling on graduates travelling by road to Leavers to complete a free driver-focused Click to Save first aid program after Road Safety Commission figures revealed the number of road fatalities of people aged 17 to 19 had doubled between 2019 and 2020. Click to Save is a dedicated educational resource developed…

Six Western Australians who suffered cardiac arrest survived to hospital over the past three years thanks to St John WA’s Heart Grant program. Supported by Lotterywest, the program has delivered more than 1000 public-access Automatic Electronic Defibrillators (AEDs) to not-for-profit community groups and sporting clubs across the state since it began in 2018. Since the…

St John WA has donated one of its decommissioned ambulances to Ambulance Wish Western Australia, a recently established charity that aims to provide meaningful and positive end-of-life experiences for terminally ill, immobile Western Australians. Coined the Wish Ambulance, the vehicle donated by St John WA supports fulfilling the last wish of terminally ill patients by providing…

St John WA establishes a new $12.5 million fund delivering community support to Western Australians to ensure Western Australians continue to have access to health care when they needed it most. The fund includes: An additional $12.5 million Preparedness Fund mirrors the community commitment to support the organisation in navigating ongoing pandemic uncertainty. Ms Fyfe…

St John WA has taken out the win for the fourth consecutive year in Lifeblood’s 2021 WA Emergency Services Blood Challenge. Competing against Western Australian Police and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, St John WA rallied its troops to dig deep and donate. This year, more than 273 St John WA staff and…