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From Warzone to Trainee Paramedic

Prior to Oli Badin pursuing a career with NSW Ambulance, he fulfilled numerous roles and jobs to help others in need. In 2017 he spent seven weeks volunteering as a translator in an Iraqi war zone. During this time Oli was able to work at a clinic with a refugee camp, where 10,000 people live after being displaced from their homes. Through this he would assist treating people with some basic medical interventions. Oli who currently works out of Balgowlah Station stated, “the memorable experience had also served him well for his current role as a trainee paramedic”.

St John Papua New Guinea Receive a Donation from The Rotary Club of Port Moresby

The Rotary Club of Port Moresby have generously contributed a donation to St John Papua New Guinea, to support the ambulance wash bay. This will assist in purchasing useful and important equipment to maintain their ambulances.

Opportunities for Numerous WA Schools to Receive the Free First Aid Focus Program

St John WA received a generous donation at the Telethon7 Giving Ceremony. Providing the opportunity to deliver the Free First Aid Focus program, to remotely disadvantaged schools, special education schools and students attending alternative education pathways within WA.

Hand-knitted dolls donated to the Wellington Free Ambulance station in Masterton

Two ladies from Wairarapa Village kindly donated a bag full of beautiful, knitted dolls, to the Wellington Free Ambulance station in Masterton. These dolls will be kept on the ambulances to provide comfort to patients, young or old. This is such a kind and generous gesture for our member, Wellington Free Ambulance.

Royal Flying Doctor Services, Blast from the Past

Royal Flying Doctor Service Education Manager Captain Tom had a blast from the past when he bumped into a student from a school that he visited in Tasmania nearly 10 years ago. They were photographed to promote the Flying Doctor’s education program and couldn’t resist recreating the image that was published in the Launceston newspaper, ‘The Examiner’.

QueenslandAmbulanceService CelebrateQueenslandDay, FamilyDayheldinAlgester

QueenslandAmbulanceServiceparamedics andLocalAmbulanceCommittee(LAC) volunteerswereonhandtoassistthe communityinshowcasingtheirCPRskills andpromotetheimportanceoffirstaid.

St John WA Walpole Team are enjoying their new mural

The St John WA Walpole team are enjoying their new mural created by David Johnson APM, at Great Southern Signs. The mural highlights the depot’s history and pays homage to the late Dr Bruce Burnside and the volunteers who serve their community.

Ambulance Victoria Paramedics visit Creative Garden Early Learning students

Ambulance Victoria paramedics Cem and Natalie had the pleasure of visiting Creative Garden Early Learning students in Point Cook recently, where some very enthusiastic students had a lot of questions. Their mission is to make sure that these amazing kids feel safe and at ease during any crisis situation.

St John NT’s highly respected business and community leader, Roland Chin AM C StJ was promoted to a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John St John NT’s highly respected business and community leader, Roland Chin AM C StJ was promoted to a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John at an Investiture Ceremony at the Government House. Roland has served St John NT as a distinguished volunteer Board member for the past 21 years, including most recently the role of Treasurer since 2018.

Cqu

CQUniversity believes higher education should be for everyone. Our accessibility, flexibility, student support, and wide range of courses available online and on campus help our students be what they want to be.

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Device Technologies

Since 1992 we have been dedicated to improving patients’ lives through leading-edge medical technologies and services such as defibrillation & monitoring, mechanical CPR, ventilation, airway management products, and vascular access solutions to the pre-hospital sector.

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Neann

Through the NEANN brand RAPP Australia Pty Ltd specialises in designing, manufacturing, and distributing a wide variety of products for use in the wider emergency services industry throughout Australia and overseas.

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Orh

Supporting ambulance services in Australia for over 20 years, we have helped solve station location problems, quantify demand and capacity challenges, and set efficiency targets throughout our consultancy-based approach.

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Mercedes-Benz

One of the world’s largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles, offering tailored fleet solutions for new and existing customers. The future is electric, with a strong electric portfolio of Vans, with our goal to offer electrified models across its entire range.

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Laerdal

Laerdal is dedicated to the mission of Helping Save Lives. We will do this through the advancement of resuscitation, patient safety and quality of healthcare, and saving lives at birth in low-resource settings.

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Stryker

For decades, we’ve been focused on innovations that help improve patient outcomes, help prevent caregiver injuries, and increase operational efficiencies so you can do what you do best: save lives.

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Corvanta

When every second counts, Corvanta partners with out-of-hospital care providers to advance and deliver the technology they to deliver timely, integrated, patient-centric services to improve healthcare outcomes. corvanta.com

ZOLL® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei company, develops and markets medical devices and software solutions that help advance emergency care and save lives, while increasing clinical and operational efficiencies. With products for defibrillation and cardiac monitoring, circulation enhancement and CPR feedback, supersaturated oxygen therapy, data management, ventilation, and therapeutic temperature management, ZOLL provides a comprehensive set of technologies that help clinicians, EMS and fire professionals, as well as lay rescuers, improve patient outcomes in critical cardiopulmonary conditions. www.zoll.com/au

Tactical Medical Degrees

Learn to deal with acute trauma situations and be uniquely qualified to respond in resource limited, dynamic and high threat environments with a qualification in Tactical Medicine. These online, highly flexible courses are ideal for paramedics and first-responders. Gain the critical skills needed to assess, plan, prepare and implement strategies for successful operations and patient management within a tactical environment. www.cqu.edu.au

Integrated Patient Care Records

The next generation of ePCR, the Corvanta iPCR is our complete, end-to-end solution for the out-ofhospital care sector – from the emergency call to the clinical handover. It’s the only solution of its kind. The Corvanta iPCR is more than a patient record system; the solution is also an intuitive decision support tool capable of improving patient safety and decision support, increasing operational resource availability, streaming of diagnostic quality vital signs, a seamless transfer of records, and more! Our iPCR technology is used by over 12,000 paramedics, is installed in 2,700 ambulances, and handles over 200,000 patients every month. corvanta.com

CAA helps provide an important link between the ambulance sector and businesses that provide goods and services for this industry. It’s instrumental in providing networking and partnering opportunities. Don’t hesitate to reach out to organisations of interest.

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