Being a high school coach is not easy these days. In most cases, you are certainly not doing it for the money. In addition, you have the responsibility for the health and well-being of your student-athletes. That means knowing and understanding the implementation of First Aid. Looking for the signs of someone in trouble; performing CPR properly and operating an AED machine, can be the difference between heroics and tragedy. An assistant high school basketball coach and an athletic trainer found out the hard way that they were ready for anything.