St John Ambulance Society

lol what?!
Yeah, they have these so called LINKS divisions in the London unis

Sounds great - I hate the current cadet uniform so much!!

Whats the change? i thought it was just a baseball hat?

Hi, applied yesterday to be a badger's youth worker, I'm 16 and really looking forward to hearing back from them! Anyone here a youth worker? Should look good on CV as I want to work in health care

That's cool man.

Are you thinking about becoming an actual member as well or just a badger's youth worker?

Where do you see yourself working in health care?

I found the link through the Job Centre Voluntary section; what does a member do?

Paramedic Science really appeals to me, but I've heard that there isn't many jobs compared to graduates and of course the danger of working in the Emergency Services is definitely something to think about. I just love the idea of rushing to emergencies, meeting many different people and being privileged of being welcomed into their homes and their trust placed on me; I guess it just sounds like you're needed.

On the other hand I feel like Nursing (A+E) would be a great career; but you wouldn't have as many chances to use clinical skills I.e. Intubating, as you would if I was a paramedic. It's a really tough choice, starting my A-levels next year as I've decided I want to do something science based so still have plenty of time to work things out

As a member you would have the chance to be trained in as much first aid as you wish. You can even go to a level where you do a blue light training course but I'm happy with the level I'm at. In return for being trained for free you would need to complete a minimum amount of hours volunteering on duties such as rugby matches and fireworks events for example. For most meeting the minimum hours isn't a problem because they find volunteering to be enjoyable. If you want to take Paramedic Science then I would definitely think about becoming a member because you'll get lots of first aid experience this way. 2 weeks ago I treated a guy of about 15, he had been cut on the eyelid and I washed the wound out gave him a wet pad to hold on it and arranged for him to be taken to hospital by his parents, advising them what to do if the injury worsened. This is just one example of many injuries I get to deal with at SJA.

Paramedic Science appealed to me too for a while I was certainly going to apply for it but I opted for Nursing after experiencing working as a care assistant which I love and I want more.

I have my Nursing interview at Surrey (my first choice) on Thursday, we have to pass entry tests in maths and literacy and are then interviewed if we are successful - eek! I will definitely be talking about SJA and what skills it has given me which are transferable to Nursing e.g. teamwork, basic observations, first aid, communication etc.

Any more questions just ask!

Wow that's cool man, think I'm going join that!

Sounds great! Good luck with your interview. Are you applying for Adult?

Wow nice 7 years. St John Ambulance veteran then. Will you be getting the new uniform and what uniform do you currently wear?

I'm at Plymouth uni and joined PlymLinks this year. CRB cleared and should have the FA course in January. (I'm already FA qualified with a previous FAW but not with SJA).

Cool man tell us when you're qualified. Who did you do your FAW with?

Just to join in;

- I've been a member for about 6 years now
- I'm a Advanced First Aider (with Med gases)
- I've racked up over 400 hours with them
- I go to County Camp every year (for the last 4 years at least)
- We still have the old style uniforms and I'm desperate to get the 'Greens'! For a start it'll stop people mistaking us for the police and I always did look good in green)