Prior to this, Reed worked as head of volunteering at St John's Ambulance, initially volunteering as a front-line ambulance crew and first aid trainer before managing volunteers for a range of charities.
Chris Morgan from Kent is a mental health first aid trainer who knows this from personal experience.
The experience also led to a new career - first in the NHS on suicide prevention work, then as a mental health first aid instructor and trainer.
In Australian football, sports trainers provide on-site first aid at some training sessions and all matches, referral to external medical or allied health experts if necessary, and ongoing injury management (Zazryn et al. [2004]; Casey et al. [2004]).
Worse, this child was left mortally wounded on the ground in agony for nearly four minutes while neither Loehmann nor his trainer Frank Garmback administered any first aid.
They called for first aid and the referee immediately signaled for the trainers, doctors and paramedics to get onto the midfield where Muamba lay.
A Northwestern trainer was present at the drills and administered first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation when Wheeler collapsed, the school said.
Three basic skills were built into the course, one of the American trainers said: How to shoot straight, how to administer battlefield first aid, and how to provide covering fire for advancing troops.
Sports trainers may not have healthcare backgrounds but, in Australian football, they must all complete an endorsed first aid and athlete safety training course (Donaldson and Finch [2012]).
