St. John Ambulance

Times Contributor

 

Many people learned their primary first aid techniques from the St. John Ambulance. 

St. John’s has just acquired a new building at 7236 10 Street NE, and are calling former students and people potentially interested to celebrate with them at their new location on Sept. 22. 

“Space was a limiting factor in the areas of First Aid training and for our volunteers,” said Al Fraser, Chair of St John Ambulance Alberta Council. “We’ve moved from seven small classrooms spread across three floors to eight bright, newly built, state-of-the-art classrooms on two floors, and equally important, the three-acre property has space for parking about 100 cars.” 

St John Ambulance is one of four organizations that act as principal advisors to the Alberta government, forming the Joint First Aid Standards Board under the OHS Act.

“The new facility is the coolest thing. It will be an amazing facility to teach new students,” said Dianne Szlabey.

The Council released 2011 statistics province-wide. St John Ambulance issued 131,548 training certificates, 980 certifications for St. John Ambulance instructors and trained 635 Community Service Volunteers. Volunteers logged over 28,450 hours of service including First Aid Response at community and sporting events and with other public education initiatives.