PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R. A. Collacott
TI  - Risks to trawler fishermen in Orkney waters
DP  - 1977 Aug 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 482--485
VI  - 27
IP  - 181
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/27/181/482.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/27/181/482.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1977 Aug 01; 27
AB  - Over a period of 26 months, emergency medical contact was made with 63 sick or injured trawlermen from Hull and Grimsby who had been fishing in the fishing grounds around the Orkney Islands. The majority of accidents were due either to falls in heavy weather, entanglement with winching or fishing gear, or burns and scalds in the galley. Nearly 80 per cent of the episodes of illness which were seen might not have required the emergency service had the trawler crews been properly screened before going to sea, or trained in elementary first aid.