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Vollie News Thursday 31st October 2013
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Weekly Newsletter of St John Ambulance Australia (NT) First Aid Services
Thursday 31 October 2013
August 2013
Please send contributions to
Vollie News
Before 8.30pm Thursday
Frank Dunstan
0456 695 766
On other pages this week:
Public Duties pix
Nhulunbuy’s Newest
Member
2013 SJA Christmas Party
Paramedic Dolls
St John on Display
Safe Work Week
NT Young Achiever
Awards
Annual General Meeting
Training
Movie & Games Night
Funnies page
Hoax Emails
This week in history
More Training
Coming Events
Contributions Wanted
Book Order Form
Volunteer Office Contacts and to
subscribe to Vollie News:
Phone: 08 8922 6234
08 8922 6205
As we Govites know, Gove has a massive social media presence and nothing happens
unless it’s on the "Gove Notice Board". If bread goes up 5c it’s on the board. If
someone gets bad service at a local restaurant - they name and shame... But
fortunately, they also speak up when they are pleased..
I was at this duty working but also as a volley with Shaun and Mal and it did look
pretty horrific - a 6 year old smashing into a stationary kart along the straight at
probably 60k's, then going flying out of his Kart - poor little fella …
Below is a summary of compliments that we received, which shows just how vocal our
Gove mob are, about anything at all really...
Thanks to Shaun and Mal (Vollies) who were on duty with me - it would have been a
nightmare without them, and the job showed how seamless the 2 arms of St John are
able to work together.
Please pass on my thanks to Mal, who was tagging along as an observer at the duty -
he was very helpful. With the amount of eyes on us from the crowd - he did a great
job to block it out and remain focused.
Reece Ravlich
Paramedic & Superintendent Nhulunbuy Cadet Division
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Photos sent in by Teresa Holdsworth from the Rotary Beach Volleyball in Nhulunbuy, an annual event to raise
money for the local community.
Thanks to Phill Sampson, Kym Harris and Amanda (acting OIC) for helping out at the event which, despite the heat
was largely uneventful
Not a croc in sight! Beach Volleyball - Nhulunbuy style
Service and Vollies working together
Phill - sitting comfortably!
Left: More than 50 St John (NSW) volunteers assisted
with evacuations of nursing homes in the Blue
Mountains area following the threat of bushfires.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/151724685024440/
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Public Duties pix – Brian Ch’ng
Some photos from public duties for the vollie news.
Batchelor 128 is based in Darwin for the moment out at
the Go Karts at Hidden Valley. Quiet night there as we
didn’t treat anyone but listened to the chaos at
Noonamah Rodeo on the radio.
The Pony Express MotoX out on the back road to
Litchfield. Members attending were Brian Ch’ng, Greg
Payne and new members from Darwin Leonie Moo and
Janelle Inkster.
Read the story behind Resusci Anne, “the most
kissed girl in the world”:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24534069
Jugglers are a dime a dozen, but this bloke stands
out from the crowd:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/z8qFBvnUGSM
Apology An apology for not putting out Vollie News last week,
but I do have a good excuse. On the Wednesday, I was
at Royal Darwin Hospital undergoing cataract surgery
in my right eye. I won’t burble on about this life
changing procedure, but I am still amazed at just how
bright and clear and colourful my world has become.
Now for the other eye …
Frank Dunstan, editor
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Nhulunbuy’s Newest Member
Some pics of our youngest & most enthusiastic member
during the prelim course last weekend. She was showing
them all how it's done properly :) According to her, she
doesn't want to be a paramedic anymore, she wants to
be a police lady & lock people up!
It’s time to party!
All staff and members are invited to join us at the
2013 St John Ambulance Christmas Party
Join us at a new location this year……the iconic Darwin Railway Club on Saturday 14th December from 7pm to midnight.
Come fully kitted out as your favourite Christmas character or simply adorn your outfit with a Christmas themed accessory.
* Finger food and drinks provided *
* Live entertainment* * Lucky door prizes *
* Best dressed prizes *
Don’t miss out – lock this date into your diaries now and start getting creative with your costumes. An official
invitation will be sent out closer to the event with all the details.
Don’t let the Grinch steal your Christmas!
Georgia Ravlich shows her bandaging skills
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Paramedic “Barbie & Ken” Dolls – Brian Ch’ng
Photos from the Paramedics Australasia Conference in
Canberra which I attended in late October. Here we see
barbie dolls which were shown off at the gala dinner as a
bit of a joke.
The punch line was “sick of all those fire fighter and
police toys and no paramedic ones … well, introducing
BLS Barbie and K.E.D. Ken”
Barbie features an Ambulance Service of NSW uniform
whilst Ken sports a St. John NZ uniform. All courtesy of
Major Brendan Wood from the NZ Defence force and
long time St. John member.
St John on Display
St John Ambulance will be on display in the food hall at
Casuarina Square on Saturday 2nd November.
We will be there with an ambulance to provide
information to the public about First Aid kits, training
and our other services. We will also be selling our
luggage tags, fishing lure, books and USB sticks.
Frank Dunstan will be there to sell and sign copies of
our history book, Awkward Hours, Awkward Jobs.
Call in to say hello if you are in the area.
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This week is NT Worksafe Safety Week … visit - http://www.worksafe.nt.gov.au/Events/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=28
Activities you could consider include:
Review your health and safety policy and procedures - does everyone know what to do in an emergency?
Refer to the Code of Practice - How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Carry out general 'housekeeping' to tidy up work areas, remember the cyclone season starts in November
for the Top End. Put health and safety on the agenda for team meetings, discuss any recent safety incidents that have
occured in your workplace. Check that workplace hazardous chemicals are labelled and stored properly with the relevant safety data
sheet (SDS). Refer to the Code of Practice - Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Chemicals. Invite an expert to provide training or conduct a presentation. Hold a Take [email protected] talk.
Take [email protected]
Getting your workplace involved can be as simple as putting aside 10 minutes at 10.00am to talk about safety at
your workplace. Take [email protected] resources covering a number of safety topics have been developed for free
downloads.
Take [email protected] Resources
Presenter Notes (click to follow links)
o Basic Work Health and Safety Responsibilities
o Forklift Operations
o Hazard Identification and Risk Management
o Healthy Workplaces
o Infection Control
o New and Young Workers
o Slips, Trips and Falls
o Working Hours
Safety is a frame of mind. Think Safe.
Have a look at these fascinating photo albums of
St John Ambulance cadets in Sri Lanka:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.
412313308890772&type=1
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.
411394498982653&type=1
St John Ambulance bicycle
responders in Birmingham,
UK
https://www.facebook.com/
groups/2212310921/
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The Northern Territory Young
Achiever Awards are now
open. We invite you to
consider nominating an
inspiring young leader. If you
admire or work for a young
person who has established
their own business or franchise,
we encourage you to put them
forward for The Northern
Territory Government Small
Business Achievement Award
this year. You may also have a
colleague or you may know a
young person who is career
driven who could be recognised
in the AustralianSuper Career
Kick Start Award.
Now is your chance to
nominate and showcase a
young person who serves as an
inspirational role model within
your community. Why not
consider another Award
category to nominate a young
achiever in:
o The Charles Darwin
University Arts Award
o The ConocoPhillips Environment Award
o The Northern Territory Government Small Business Achievement Award
o The Glencore McArthur River Mining Regional & Rural Initiative Award
o The Minister for Young Territorians Excellence in Youth Leadership Award
o The PTTEP Australasia Health & Wellbeing Award
o The AustralianSuper Career Kick Start Award ** NEW**
o The Somerville Community Services Award
o The Northern Territory Government Young Carers Award
Recognise, reward and acknowledge young Territorians!! Prizes include a share in $20,000 thanks to TIO.
Nominating is easy - Visit at:
http://www.awardsaustralia.com/appl/nomination.php?program=young-achiever-awards&state=nt
to nominate online or phone, 1300 735 445.
We look forward to recognising some outstanding young achiever this year!
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Annual General Meeting
The Chairman of St John Ambulance Australia (NT) Inc.,
Mr Michael Mooney AM KStJ requests the pleasure of the
company of St John Volunteers to attend the 36th Annual
General Meeting to be held at:
The Richard Morris Centre
St John Ambulance Headquarters
50 Dripstone Road, Casuarina
Wednesday 20th November 2013 at 5:30pm
Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the
meeting
RSVP: 13 November 2013
Debbie Garraway Ph: 8922-6202
Email: [email protected]
More Training on page 14 …
http://www.baconwrappedmedia.com/funny-memes-
25-pics/
It’s a taser – it’s for your snoring!
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/funny-memes
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Funnies page
https://www.facebook.com/media4learning - this New Zealand Facebook page is worth a visit
What dispatch think I do
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Hoax emails
While researching material for this week’s newsletter
I came across reference to “cough CPR” on a St John
Ambulance UK Facebook page. Having received and
deleted this rubbish email some time ago, I refreshed
my memory by looking it up on the Hoax Slayer
website. This is what they had to say:
Subject: IMPORTANT read this! Cough CPR
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail
sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at
least one life.
Read this... It could save your life!! Let's say it's
6.15 pm and you're driving home (alone of course),
after an unusually hard day on the job. You're
really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you
start experiencing severe pain in your chest that
starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your
jaw. You are only about five miles from the
hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately, you
don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You
have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught
the course did not tell you how to perform it on
yourself.
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Since many people are alone when they suffer a
heart attack, without help, the person whose heart
is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint,
has only about 10 seconds left before losing
consciousness. However, these victims can help
themselves by coughing repeatedly and very
vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before
each cough, and the cough must be deep and
prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep
inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be
repeated about every two seconds without let-up
until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be
beating normally again. Deep breaths get oxygen
into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze
the heart and keep the blood circulating. The
squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it
regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack
victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many other
people as possible about this. It could save their
lives!!
Hoax Slayer gives a detailed analysis of this very bad
advice, which they sum up as:
The information in the message is in no way condoned
or recommended by medical authorities. Spreading
such misinformation is counterproductive and
potentially dangerous. Using the procedure outlined in
the message in place of immediately seeking medical
help could actually cost a life rather than save it.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/survive-heart-
attack.html
Some of the comments in the UK Facebook thread:
NP: Experiencing chest pain? Grab your pogo-stick,
and Hop For Your Life! The up-and-down motion has
been proven by Doctors to provide enough energy to
your heart to sustain you until you have bounced to
the local Emergency Department.
MC: I think you'll find that the medically approved
technique is to punch yourself repeatedly in the chest
at a rate of 100 bpm. You should also carry a bicycle
pump with you at all times so that every 30 punches,
you can deliver two pumps of air to your mouth.
MC: (For the one poor misguided soul who I know is
sitting at their computer taking notes, we're NOT
being serious.)
Sidenote: is it theoretically possible for someone to
give themselves a precordial thump before they lose
consciousness?
PM: Other sidenote: Best deliver the self-punch to the
face and die in unconscious peace.
DM: … how would they know they were having a
cardiac arrest until they lost consciousness?
MC: Theoretically as they're on the brink of blacking
out? Alternatively they could position themselves
such that something would deliver the impact as they
lose consciousness...I have a small contraption in
mind involving a curtain rail, some string and a large
bag of flour.
SM: … are you part of SJA's R&D Department? If so I
would also like to join in developing that contraption.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2212310921/
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This week in history: 31 October – 6 November
Northern Territory News – Friday 6 November 1959 St. John snag on subsidy
The Darwin branch of the St John Ambulance Brigade has struck a snag in its application for a building subsidy.
The building site at Parap is in the name of the Adelaide (headquarters) brigade.
Under subsidy regulations no grant can be made to a body with holdings in other states.
The Darwin branch has written to its Adelaide headquarters for title to the land.
The Darwin brigade is believed to be seeking an £1800 subsidy. Already it has over £2000 in hand.
Brigade officers attend sporting meetings and conduct children’s first aid classes.
Centralian Advocate – 4 November 1960
STRETCHER FOR FIRST AIDERS
A portable stretcher has been donated to the
newly formed Alice Springs St. John Ambulance
Brigade by the Northern Territory Medical Service.
Dr. C. Webb, Director of Health for the Northern
Territory was responsible for the gift.
It is the first piece of equipment acquired by the
Brigade so far.
Twenty four persons, including four children,
attended the Brigade’s first instructional evening in
the St. John Hall on Monday night. It was an increase
of eight on the inaugural meeting a week previously.
Dr Iceton, the honorary surgeon, lectured on
anatomy and certificated men Reg Priest, Stan Carn
and Ron Shepherd assisted in the demonstration of
primary bandage slings.
Northern Territory News – Wed 6 November 1968
St. John chief promoted
Mr Morris Setton, divisional officer of the St John
Ambulance Brigade, Darwin, has been promoted to
superintendent.
This was announced yesterday by the Deputy
Commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade in
the Northern Territory, Dr. W.A. Langsford.
Mr Setton replaces Mr Barrie Fricker, who is
transferring to reserve officers.
Dr. Langsford said Mr Fricker’s transfer would
enable him to devote more time to training activities
for which there was a growing demand.
He has had a wide experience in training and was
for a time associated with the training branch of the
order, the St John Ambulance Association in Victoria.
Northern Territory News – Thursday 4 November 1976
Long service recognition
Deputy Commissioner of the St John Ambulance
Brigade in the NT, Dr Colin Mills, last night presented
long service medals to Training Officer, Mr T. Stal (left)
and Corps Staff Officer (Cadets) Mr Grant Keetley. Mr
Keetley came up through cadet ranks and was
superintendent of the Darwin Combined Cadet
Division from 1963-1973. He is the first Territorian to
receive a long service medal. Most of Mr Stal’s 12
years of service was in Adelaide.
Litchfield Times – Thursday 31 October 1985 PARACHUTE JUMP FOR 50TH BIRTHDAY
Last Saturday, 26 October, family and friends of
Humpty Doo resident, Brian Maden weren’t too sure
if they would be celebrating Brian’s 50th birthday or
taking part in a ‘wake’.
To celebrate his 50th, Brian made a parachute
jump over Batchelor. The jump was no trouble for
Brian who in past years, prior to getting married,
made numerous parachute jumps.
Brian gave up skydiving for insurance reasons
when he married his lovely wife, Joyce. In the days
before marriage, Brian had participated in champion-
ships held at Massachusetts, USA. He conducted his
own parachute club on King Island in Tasmania and
jumped regularly at Melbourne. Brian was Australia’s
‘accuracy champion’ in 1964.
These days, Brian is … a popular member of the
Palmerston and Rural Ambulance Brigade …
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Coming events for 2013
When What Where Comments Requirements Web
November
Mon 4 Ten Pin Bowling Challenge
Planet Tenpin
69 Progress Road
Nightcliff
RSVP: Tarn Rudder 0400 112 500, or [email protected] by Friday 1 November
1 game plus supper provided Purchase own drinks
December
Sunday 1 Carols by Candlelight
Darwin Amphitheatre
Contributions for Vollie News
It isn’t easy producing a weekly newsletter,
especially in times when contributions dry up and I
need to be inventive for material to fill the pages.
You can help by sending in your stories and photos
for publication. Stories can be about your Division’s
activities, public duties attended and just about
anything else you can think about. They can be fact,
fiction or good old fashioned BS – it doesn’t matter
so long as they are entertaining.
Contributions from interstate and international
members are especially welcome. We are very
interested in the greater St John Ambulance outside
the Northern Territory.
Please send in your photos as they enhance a story;
photos without stories are also wanted, but please
tell us something about them. Some photos speak
for themselves, but not all.
Photos should be full resolution, but not necessarily
top quality. I have photo enhancement software
(Adobe Photoshop and Corel PhotoImpact) that can
work wonders on less than perfect images. They
can’t work miracles, though.
The absolute deadline for contributions is 8.30 PM
Thursday, CST.
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