Here’s the latest news and information from St John, including stories from across New Zealand. When something interesting is going on, you can read about it here.
ST JOHN ASKS NEW ZEALANDERS TO SHOW THEIR HEARTS OF GOLD
BEVERLEY TSE |
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St John is calling on the New Zealand public to show their “hearts of gold” by supporting its annual appeal which runs from 5 – 11 April 2021....
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PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARN TO DETECT AND RESPOND TO STROKES
BEVERLEY TSE |
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Tens of thousands of primary school students in Aotearoa will soon learn how to recognise the signs of a stroke and act quickly through the ASB St John in Schools programme....
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DOUBLE CREWING BOOST TO AMBULANCE SERVICES IN MURCHISON
Gerard Campbell |
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St John Ambulance is pleased to announce that it will add two additional ambulance officers to Murchison as part of its four-year project to end single crewed ambulances in New Zealand....
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ONE LINK/BECTON DICKINSON PRODUCT RECALL
VICTORIA HAWKINS |
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St John has been notified of a precautionary global product recall relating to a particular piece of clinical equipment known as IV infusion sets....
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MORE WORK NEEDED TO IMPROVE CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL
NGAIRE JONES |
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St John has released its Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Report today which shows that more needs to be done if community cardiac arrest survival rates are to be improved....
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TSUNAMI WARNING
BEVERLEY TSE |
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St John has been notified of a tsunami threat following a magnitude 8.1 earthquake north-east of New Zealand near Kermadec Islands region this morning. ...
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TSUNAMI WARNING - STATEMENT OF CLARIFICATION
VICTORIA HAWKINS |
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St John has been notified of a tsunami threat following a magnitude 8.1 earthquake north-east of New Zealand near Kermadec Islands region this morning....
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St John remembers the Canterbury Earthquakes 10 years on
GERARD CAMPBELL |
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On the 10th anniversary of New Zealand’s worst natural disaster, an event which will be forever etched into the minds of a generation of Christchurch people, St John Ambulance joins with New Zealanders to mark the tragedy and reflect on the catastrophic events that changed a nation....
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St John continues ambulance operations during Auckland's move to Alert Level 3
BEVERLEY TSE |
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As an essential emergency service, St John is continuing to deliver its emergency ambulance operations and Patient Transfer Services in response to the move to Alert Level 3 in Auckland and Alert Level 2 for the rest of the country. ...
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RELEASE OF ST JOHN AMBULANCE DATA FOR 2020
NGAIRE JONES |
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St John continues to be there for New Zealanders, and in 2020 responded to nearly half a million medical emergencies with ambulance communications centres answering nearly 97% of the more than 550,000 emergency 111 calls within 15 seconds....
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