The tall young man was sitting in the theoretical prolongation of the pitch half line where usually a tiny first aid box is. But this time he had a far bigger bag, or perhaps a case, in his reach. He answered in complete, easy-to-understand sentences as I was asking questions. Nevertheless, we occupied a position so that he always could keep an aye on happenings on the pitch. That was easy for him to do just watching above my head.

“My name is Viktor Várhalmi, a professional health helper working for Duo-Medic enterprise. The core of this firm is composed by four people: owners and executive officers. Us, the rest, are charged on case by case basis as actual health assurance tasks arise. The category of our job is charity. We can be asked to appear on events where the number of participants and the character of that event may require our duty. That can be divided into several categories; as for me, I do here what people in the lowest category do: just a safety presence. In upper categories, such as an entertaining event or a highest league football match, an easier or even a heavier first aid car could come along with a professional health care specialist or even a physician, respectively. Morover, we have the right to call for a first aid helicopter.”

“Considering typical cases at sport events, beside basic first aid bag, I have here accessories to handle typical sport injuries and trauma, and even a defibrillator in a little casing. The sport team benches are not always occupied by a physician, a sport masseur is enough, they think so. We always hope that no injuries happen that those sport masseurs couldn’t cope with – but, for sure, we are prepared to handle more severe cases with our tools, instruments, professional competence, and long years of practice.”

Such a solution, a centrally charged, highly educated health care specialist, could well be applicable in cases where, instead of a charity enterprise, the Football Association was the sender. Just in case, I was glad to have accessibility data for both Mr Viktor Várhalmi and his boss at the Duo Medic Kft.