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Student medic tells how he treated casualties of the Arena bombing and became 'clinical lead' at the scene

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A student medic told the Manchester Arena bomb inquiry how he became the 'clinical lead' organising the treatment of casualties moments after the blast.

Ryan Billington, then 20, was praised for his 'heroic' efforts following the May 2017 terror attack which left 22 dead and hundreds more seriously injured.

Working at nights for a medical services contractor while at university, he was on duty at the arena when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a huge device in his backpack.

He brought his own 'trauma bag' including two tourniquets to work that day as the bag provided by his employer was 'basic' and had no tourniquets, the inquiry heard.

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