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Trapped in a chaser bin

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, when the machinery he was operating…

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Saving Noah’s Life

St John Ambulance WA services Western Australia's 2.5 million square kilometres - the largest area in the world covered by a single ambulance service. We have 29 metropolitan depots and 144 regional locations. In 2015/16 we responded to more than…

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Epic chopper rescue

When St John Ambulance Critical Care Paramedic Ben Harris turned up to start his shift, little did he know that he would soon be involved in one of the most remote and challenging aeromedical retrievals since the Rescue Helicopter service…

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New Primary Health Care

After 130 years experience in the delivery of humanitarian and ambulance services in Western Australia, St John Ambulance will now deliver a new primary health care service for the community. A key part of this service will be to offer…