Dr Martha Hits Headlines

An off-duty doctor who works through Doctors Direct at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has hit the headlines after her quick-thinking actions helped treat a seriously injured motorcyclist. Martha Clarkson-Cox was driving home after her shift at Sunderland Royal Hospital when she came across the aftermath of a road traffic collision.

Martha, a Senior House Officer, used kit she had in her bag and dressings handed to her by a roadside assistance driver to start treatment on the rider before emergency services arrived.

Martha said: “In those moments, I was really grateful I was a doctor and was able to use my training and what I’d learned to get in there and do something to help.”

Martha provided critical patient care and is a credit to both Doctors Direct and the NHS.

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