He spent 22 yrs in the British Army working in emergency care. In 2011 he was appointed an OBE for services to emergency care and emergency planning. Together with Ros Palfrey he co-founded the Trauma Intermediate Life Support (TILS) course that has been rolled out Nationally in the UK. He is an examiner for the Diploma in Immediate Care for the Faculty of Prehospital Emergency Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.