johnbaker;<br><br>What is St John Ambulance? Basically, it's the oldest volunteer service organization in the world (at least, by some reckoning :-). It started out as a religious order that founded a small hospital in Jerusalem in 600 AD. Currently, it's a world-wide (mainly British Commonwealth, I think, but not exclusively so) non-denominational organization (i.e. no religious affiliations) that deals with various aspects of First Aid and hospital care. St. John Ambulance provides First Aid training; mainly a 1-day Emergency course, a 2-day Standard course, and a 3-day Extended course. There are a number of other courses - Advanced First Aid (equivalent to the EMR level), Wilderness First Aid, We Can Help (aimed at 6 to 10 year olds), and others. The Brigade is a volunteer arm that provides First Aid coverage for local events. I'm the Training Officer for a small cadet division (most of our cadets are girls aged 15 to 16 currently). <br><br>For more information:<br><br>St. John Ambulance of Canada : http://www.sja.ca/<br><br>St. John Ambulance of in the UK : http://www.sja.org.uk/<br><br>My own brigade (Calgary, Alberta) : http://www.cadvision.com/stjohnam/home.htm<br><br>For information about our cadet program in particular, and SJA in general, this is an excellent site maintained by an Ontario (Canada) cadet division: www.cadetsonline.ca<br><br>Hope this answers your question. :-)