St John experienced a significant increase in workload in June and it looks likely to continue as New Zealand experiences a cold snap with freezing conditions. Nationally, 111 emergency calls for an ambulance have increased by 8% compared to June 2016*. The increase has seen 6% more emergency calls for Continue Reading
Children Take Life Saving Seriously
Brave Kiwi children made more than 400 emergency 111 calls to St John in the 12 months ending March 2017 and 321 of them related to life-threatening and urgent situations such as cardiac arrest. In late March 2016 St John started evaluating how many emergency 111 calls came from children Continue Reading