First responder training for St John Ambulance Staff

First responder training – St John
The State Government provided $2.1 million for the delivery of training to build the capacity of St John WA Triple Zero (000) call-takers, frontline paramedics and rural and remote clinical volunteers. The first cohort of training for Triple Zero call-takers commenced in October 2023 which was then followed by paramedics and volunteer team members. From July 2024 the training started to cover regional and metropolitan cohorts. St John WA has reported more suspected family and domestic violence cases, with paramedics now better able to assess situations in-person that call-takers couldn’t identify. St John WA has partnered with specialist family and domestic violence service provider Stopping Family Violence to co-design and co-deliver the training which covers 4 hours of intensive mandatory training to frontline team members including call-takers and paramedics. The University of Western Australia's Centre for Social Impact is evaluating the project.