A court has heard how a woman falsely claimed to be a doctor at the scene of an electric bike accident. Joanne Graham stopped her car, treated the casualty and even suggested an air ambulance was needed when an experienced nurse called it "unwarranted".
Graham, 47, of Mount Terrace, Corwen, denied pretending to be a medical practitioner by "wilfully and falsely using the title of doctor" at her trial at Llandudno Magistrates. The court heard she claimed to have numerous qualifications including for "battlefield" treatments and she insisted she had introduced herself as a "trauma medic" after cyclist Martin Jones fell off his bike and ended up two feet down a ditch on the side of Green Lane in Corwen on June 27 last year.
She got two large bags of medical equipment and a clipboard, cut off clothing and fitted the patient with an oxygen mask. But the magistrates said it was clear she had wrongly identified herself as a doctor. They fined her £600. She must also pay £750 costs and a £60 surcharge.
