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St John Ambulance Brigade
St John Ambulance is an affiliated movement of charitable organisations in mostly Commonwealth countries which provide first aid education and consumables and emergency medical services. St John organisations are primarily staffed by volunteer members and funded through their commercial endeavours, government contracts or donations. The associations are supported by the International Secretariat of the Order of St John (based in London) and its national priories. History The first such organisation to be founded was the St John Ambulance Association, which was founded on 10 July 1877 in England to teach first aid in large railway centres and mining districts.''The Difference – newsletter from St John Ambulance'', (Nov 2014) p4 "A Brief History of St John Ambulance" Its first uniformed first-aiders were founded in June 1887 as the St John Ambulance Brigade.M Durrant (1948) ''American Journal of Nursing'' 48 (12) pp763–765 "St. John Ambulance Brigade" On 14 May 1888, the Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Saint John (chartered 1888)
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (), commonly known as the Order of St John, and also known as St John International, is an order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedicated to St John the Baptist. The order traces its origins back to the Knights Hospitaller in the Middle Ages, the oldest surviving Order of chivalry, chivalric order which is generally considered to be founded in Jerusalem in 1099, which was later known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Order of Malta. A faction of them emerged in France in the 1820s and moved to Britain in the early 1830s, where, after operating under a succession of grand priors and different names, it became associated with the founding in 1882 of the St John Ophthalmic Hospital near the Old City (Jerusalem), old city of Jerusalem and the St John Ambulance, St John Ambulance Brigade in 1887. The order is found throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, Hong Kong, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star - Venerable Order Of St John
A star is a luminous spheroid A spheroid, also known as an ellipsoid of revolution or rotational ellipsoid, is a quadric surface (mathematics), surface obtained by Surface of revolution, rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with t ... of plasma (physics), plasma held together by Self-gravitation, self-gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night sky, night; their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed stars, fixed points of light. The most prominent stars have been categorised into constellations and asterism (astronomy), asterisms, and many of the brightest stars have proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations. The observable universe contains an estimated to stars. Only about 4,000 of these stars are visible to the naked eye� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John Ambulance Cymru
St John Ambulance Cymru (previously known as St John Cymru-Wales, officially known as The Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem) is a charity (registered in England and Wales) dedicated to the teaching and practice of first aid. It is part of the Order of Saint John and operates as the Welsh branch of St John Ambulance. History The medieval Order of St John is the original inspiration of the modern Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. As part of its charitable work, the order founded three separate charities in the nineteenth century. One was an eye hospital in Jerusalem. The other two were the St John Ambulance Association (1877) and the St John Ambulance Brigade (1887) providing, respectively, first aid and nursing training, and first aid and nursing work by trained volunteers. The two organisations merged around a hundred years later into the single St John Ambulance organisation. In 1907, King Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John Ambulance PNG
St John Ambulance (officially, the National St John Council of Papua New Guinea) is a health and humanitarian charity that operates the national ambulance service in Papua New Guinea. It is an association of the Order of Saint John (chartered 1888), International Order of St John. St John Ambulance provides ambulance and air medical services in Papua New Guinea for and on behalf of the Government of Papua New Guinea, PNG Government. St John’s ambulance service is funded by the PNG government, partners, and its own fundraising. St John also provides first aid and basic health education. Services St John provides a range of prehospital and primary care services. They also provide health education such as first aid training, first aid in schools, the School of Prehospital Care in Port Moresby. As a means of fundraising for the free public ambulance service, St John teaches first aid and sells first aid kits and medical supplies to the public. * Ambulance Stations ** Port Mores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John Singapore
St John Singapore is a voluntary secular organisation in Singapore established in 1877 which provides training in First Aid and Home Nursing. It is affiliated with the Order of Saint John (chartered 1888), Order of Saint John based in the United Kingdom. Its ambulance members (male members) and nursing members (female members) perform voluntary first aid coverage duties during national events and other events. It comprises 3 sub-organisations, namely the St John Brigade Singapore, St John Association Singapore, St John Fellowship Singapore. The National Headquarters (NHQ) is located at 420 Beach Road, Singapore, Beach Road and was officially opened on 23 July 1960 by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara (and subsequently President of Singapore), Encik Yusof bin Ishak. History In 1877, the St John Ambulance Association (SJAA) was established in Singapore to train people in first aid. The St John Ambulance Brigade (SJAB), the uniformed companion body of the SJAA, was established in 1887 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John Ambulance Northern Ireland
St John Ambulance Northern Ireland (SJANI) is a voluntary organisation based in Northern Ireland. It teaches both adults and children first aid, provides services at public events and prepares first responders what to do in emergencies. It also provides courses for young adults (known as cadets), teaching them what to do in an emergency, as well as teaching communication, recording and observation skills. The organisation is based in Northern Ireland and is a commandery in the international St John Ambulance movement and is a registered charity A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definitio ... under the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's register. References External links * St John Ambulance First aid organizations {{UK-med-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John New Zealand
Hato Hone St John, also often referred to as St John Ambulance of New Zealand, is a charitable organisation providing healthcare services to the New Zealand public. The organisation provides pre-hospital ambulance care throughout New Zealand apart from the Greater Wellington Region and Wairarapa, as well as certain other health services. History A branch of the St John Ambulance was first founded in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 30 April 1885. It was decided to appoint the Governor ( William Jervois) as president, and the mayors of Christchurch ( Charles Hulbert), Sydenham ( William White), and St Albans (Benjamin Bull) as vice-presidents. Further branches quickly spread across the country providing first aid and patient transport and in 1946, due to the efforts of St John in New Zealand during the Second World War, the organisation was elevated to a full Priory, with the Governor-General of New Zealand as the Prior. During the 1970s and 1980s much restructuring took place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
