Posts Tagged ‘Press Release’

National Volunteer Week  8-12 May, 2017 Fact File:

St John Ambulance WA (St John) is preparing for another busy winter flu season and it is encouraging the public to do its bit in the fight to stave off bugs and infection. Metropolitan Ambulance General Manager James Sherriff said St John and the Department of Health were working together on winter strategies for 2017.…

With tens of thousands expected to attend Anzac Day services across WA on Tuesday 25 April, St John Ambulance will deploy one of its biggest logistical operations of the year. This year, St John Ambulance event medical officers will attend nearly 30 remembrance services across metropolitan Perth, including the Kings Park Dawn Service and the…

St John Ambulance’s Central hub, which sits on an 18,000 square metre parcel of land tucked away at 5 Cowcher Place in Belmont, is home to a vast array of equipment, vehicles and operations. The second of its kind in Perth to be built by St John, the Central hub is part of an anticipated…

The new $3.5m St John Ambulance WA depot and first aid training facility will officially open in Kelmscott today. The facility is located at 3 Turner Place and will deliver first aid training and integrate ambulance services from the Armadale and Gosnells depots. St John Ambulance General Manager Metro Operations James Sherriff said the ambulance…

In a first of its kind in regional WA, St John Ambulance’s Walpole-Nornalup Sub Centre is launching a new community transport service which will help make it easier for people to travel to and from their medical appointments in the region. The service has been developed and funded by the sub centre and is geared…

Cottesloe Beach was the scene of simulated emergency response scenarios on Tuesday, March 21 when lifesavers and St John student ambulance officers carried out a combined training exercise. A group of 45 student ambulance officers and eight paramedics took part in the event’s six emergency scenarios, which included stabilising a casualty with a spinal injury…

Northam Sub Centre is the first St John Ambulance location in WA to recruit nurses to work in patient transport. Registered nurses Lily Smith and Vanessa Ruscoe started at the Northam Sub Centre in late 2016, making an immediate impact. Country Ambulance General Manager Julian Smith said the nurses were brought in to assist with…

The Governor of Western Australia, Her Excellency the Honourable Kerry Sanderson AO, will today present Community Hero Awards to members of the public and St John Ambulance Western Australia volunteers and staff at Government House. The Community Hero Awards are awarded to individuals who have displayed exceptional judgement and skill to deliver care to someone…

Seven years of lobbying, fundraising and then getting down to the nitty gritty of rolling up the sleeves and building a new home for its ambulance service will be realised today in Lake Grace. St John Ambulance Lake Grace Sub Centre chairwoman/project manager Amanda Milton said the town of 1,300 people had come together to…