St John Ambulance PNG

Ambulance officers have a small window of opportunity to get immediate medical care to a trauma patient to save their life. This is referred to as the ‘golden hour’.

St. John Ambulance in partnership with corporate organizations has launched an air ambulance service to take critical medical assistance to people in remote areas.
ExxonMobil PNG, the operator of the PNG LNG Project recently announced its support to St. John Ambulance’s effort to improve public health initiatives in the country.
“The safety and health of local communities is a priority,” said ExxonMobil PNG’s Medicine and Occupational Health Manager, Dr. Nirven Kumar.

Reports of those patients showed they had symptoms of respiratory conditions; 5 cases in NCD, 2 cases in Central/Gulf, one case in Lae, 2 in Kokopo and in Kundiawa. During the same period, St John Ambulance emergency team attended to 40 cases in all its call centres.

At the Nightingale Taurama Aquatic Centre, the new admissions as at 6pm on 13^th November, had two cases who were not on oxygen, one on oxygen and 25 mild cases who were not on oxygen. There were 30 moderate cases who were on oxygen as well. There was one severe case on oxygen.

The equipment also aid in its development emergency support capabilities in times of disaster.

With the support of the Royal Hobart Hospital, St John Ambulance Australia – Tasmania, organised the donation and shipping to PNG.

Donated items include nine defibrillators, patient assessment equipment, portable navigation devices, head torches, and emergency medical team kits among other assorted supplies.

This donation was handed over by Tasmanian St John Commissioner, Carl Graham to St John PNG Chief Executive Officer & Commissioner Matthew Cannon. 

Mekenzie YEI, Dilbert ISAAC, Butler MORRIS, Radley BRAWA, Wartovo PUARA Jnr, Enoch MAKI, Charlie SIMON, Brendon GOTUNO, Edene GABBIE, Ila ALU, Baundo ABA, Thompson TETEH and Watson BOAS were the recipients, alongside trainer Joe Bruno.

The SP PNG Hunters are the first sporting team to engage in such a life-saving program, in partnership with the St John’s Ambulance.

As rugby is a contact sport, players are likely to sustain injuries that will require immediate first aid assistance.

13 staff from St John Ambulance are the first to undergo this high-quality ambulance paramedic training program.

The program started in July and will run through August, covering two courses: Intensive Care Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technician.

The two courses will be taught simultaneously – ICP course for health extension officers and EMT course for existing ambulance officers.

Training is delivered by New South Wales Ambulance ICP Educators Philip Proust ASM and Jacinta Young.

Of course your mind is screaming “Emergency” among thousand other jumbled thoughts; but what do you do?

Most often, we panic and do what we think is best and that is, try to get the injured to the hospital as soon and fast as we can.

But St John Ambulance PNG warns that “moving someone who is badly injured can worsen their condition or can delay emergency first aid treatment.”