Schedule

Meeting Components

• Commissioners Meeting
• Superintendents Meeting
• Cadet Officers Meeting
• Professional Officers Meeting

1st Stop: St John Museum at Williamstown Beach.
See the wide range of St John exhibits and browse the 10,000 photographs of members and events.

2nd Stop: Medical History Museum at Melbourne University.
Browse their regular historical display and see their special Exhibition of nineteenth century porcelain pharmacy jars.

3rd Stop: The Harry Brookes-Allen Museum of Anatomy & Pathology at Melbourne University
This is an absolute stunning collection of dissections, pathology Specimens, models, photographs explanatory posters. You may find a dissection or so by our former Hospitaller, Professor Gerard

Note: Booking is essential as numbers are strictly limited and subject to minimum numbers.

Honorable John Brumby
Premier of Victoria

Dr John Talbot
Order Hospitaller and Chairman of St John
Eye Hospital, Jerusalem

Dr Neil Conn, AO, KStJ
Chancellor, St John Ambulance Australia

Allan Mawdsley: ‘The Red Cross–St John Ambulance link’
Our Keynote Speaker

Vince Little: ‘St John on track: St John and the railway ambulance services’

David Fahey: ‘The use of carbon dioxide in resuscitation’

John Pearn: ‘The Philately of the Order of St John’

Clinical Emergency Management – Associate Professor Joseph Epstein AM FIFEM

Emergency Management - A Postmodern Tumult for the 21st Century

The 21st century is likely to be witness to an unprecedented increase in natural & anthropogenic disasters.

Effective emergency management will be contingent on coming to terms with the inextricable linkages between combating climate change, reducing global poverty and mitigating intra & international inequity.

As far as we know, human beings have never before faced a challenge of this magnitude.

The attack in New York on 9/11 (2001) and, most recently, the complex humanitarian disaster caused by the Haiti earthquake are emblematic of the challenges all of us who have an interest in emergency management will have to face in the coming years.

We are likely to see a dissolving of the traditional boundaries between emergency service workers and health professionals with a reconceptualisation of the role & skills requirements of all these groups. Old definitions will have to be jettisoned and new skill sets defined, taught & developed. The very language we use to describe & talk about emergency management will have to change. There is no doubt that major incident management is an emergent profession.

How we respond to all of these imperatives will be a test of our claim to have established the fundamentals of a global civilisation.

Superintendent Rod Collins
Victoria Police
State Emergency Response Officer
Changing Emergency Management Environment – Evolution Not Revolution

Clinical Emergency Management – Dr Stephen Luke MStJ

The role of St John providing pre-hospital health care services at events and during emergency responses, to include:

• our proven ability to assist in times of need, including the development and maturation of our ACMT and clinical assistance models
• our event and emergency response planning framework, including surge capacity and equipment / vehicle compliance with standards
• the implications of this for the SHERP and the potential that St John has to play a more formal role / be recognised for the role that we already play

Gary Harris: ‘Links between the Heidelberg Military Hospital and St John Ambulance’

Heather Fogerty: ‘The art of St John—Caravaggio et al.’

Ian Howie-Willis: ‘The Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs): An outline history’

John Talbot: Order Hospitaller and Chair St John Eye Hospital Jerusalem

Ref: Seminar 2 for details.

This session will focus on the impact of stressful situations and three approaches to member welfare that are currently being used by St John in a number of places – Peer Support, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Chaplaincy.

‘She’ll be right mate’
‘This feeling will pass’
‘I know how you feel’
‘I’m OK – this is just a rough patch’

Have you heard any of these lately? While the Australian way is to be a trooper and not admit when you’re struggling emotionally, these expressions are hardly best practice when it comes to looking after ourselves or our colleagues.

Our sense of health and wellbeing is impacted by our environment and events that happen around us. Thankfully we as a community are getting better at identifying and responding to people in need of support. As an organisation we are committed to supporting the emotional wellbeing of our members.

Jann Butler: ‘The Bendigo Combined St John Ambulance Division: A regional history’

Chris Cuneen: ‘The naval history of the ancient Order of St John’

Ian Howie-Willis: ‘St John the Baptist—Patron Saint of the Order of St John’

Break Out: Short Break Prior to Question Time

Question Time: Questions and Discussion for all sessions

Ref: Seminar 2 for details.

This session aims to provide you with ideas and practical solutions to common challenges in Volunteering.

Guest speaker! New ideas in motivation and retention of volunteers
We will welcome Amanda Everton from Volunteering Australia to discuss and explore new solutions and ideas in volunteer retention and motivation.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from a leader in volunteering in Australia and gain expert advice.

Tips and ideas for converting applicants to active volunteers
Do you have a high number of enquiries but can’t seem to convert these enquiries to active volunteers? Robyn from Barwon Division in Victoria will provide some tried and tested ways to retain new applicants and turn them in to new members.

Young people in volunteering – it is not just important, it’s vital!
Attracting young volunteers to our volunteer programs is sometimes difficult given changing needs and busy lives. Jack from the Australian Youth Council will provide some insight in to what this large group of potential volunteers is looking for and how we can actually implement flexible volunteering (not just talk about it!).

Success story in the growth of a division
After growing the West Sydney Division from 6 members to 85 members, Peter has some suggestions and tips for growing the number of volunteers and retaining them.

We are very pleased to welcome our guest speaker this year, Leigh Russell, CEO of Netball Victoria. Leigh has worked in very senior roles in the AFL, particularly in the areas of people, culture, leadership and development. Leigh is also a qualified secondary school teacher and counselor. Leigh has kindly agreed to share with us her many career successes and challenges and the ways in which she manages her work with family and other commitments. As a successful female leader, Leigh has many interesting experiences and tips for us. Please come along and join us for this exciting event and learn from both Leigh and from your fellow St John members.

The Australian Championship Competitions

Address:
Building 1
Pit Lane, Aughtie Drive
Albert Park Lake

7.30am – Competitors and Staff buses leaving The Sebel
8.00am – Isolation Closes
9.30am – Buses for Spectators Commence leaving the Sebel
10.00am – Competition Starts

Buses will run hourly between comps and the Sebel throughout the day, leaving comps on the hour. Pit Lane has easy tourist access to tram to city and Middle Park Shops and Café’s from Pit Lane.