Posts Tagged ‘Press Release’

It all started with a group of boisterous young boys celebrating a birthday. Ten-year-old Noah was at his mate’s birthday party in Redfield Park (approximately 100 kilometres north of Perth) on 4 January and was splashing in the pool with his friends. Having been prone to seizures, Noah and his friends were aware of the…

Farm worker Jason Holmes found himself in a very tight situation when he ended up trapped in the bottom of a chaser bin on a farm in Cascades, about 100 kilometres northwest of Esperance late last year. To make matters worse, his arm was trapped in an auger from his elbow upwards. This type of…

St John Ambulance WA will undertake its largest annual deployment of paramedics, ambulance officers and equipment for Australia Day in Perth. In a major logistical operation for the State’s premier event medical service, nearly 150 paramedics and event ambulance officers will be stationed across ten locations around the Swan River including Kings Park and Crawley…

St John Ambulance WA today launches a new program backed by renowned Perth surgeon Dr Fiona Wood that teaches WA preschool and kindergarten students simple emergency management skills. Beginning in February, the St John Early Childhood Program will engage with 15,000 students aged under eight in 2017. Students will be taught how to identify an…

Scars on bricklayer Francis Sultana’s neck and chest are a visible reminder of how lucky he is to be alive. The 70 year old was using an angle grinder at a building site in Carlisle in February last year when suddenly the 23cm disc kicked back and sliced him in his neck. His fast thinking…