Manchester Arena inquiry: Ex-student’s ‘heroic’ first aid efforts

(BBC) A former student paramedic has been praised for his “heroic” efforts treating victims of the Manchester Arena bombing.

Ryan Billington, 20, helped causalities and took charge of transporting the injured to ambulances, a public inquiry into the 2017 attack heard.

Mr Billington was one of the first-aiders on shift at the venue.

However, he said his training from then-employers Emergency Training UK (ETUK) was “non-existent.”

Mr Billington told how he instead drew upon his own university training to assess casualties’ injuries and direct people to use makeshift stretchers.

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