TY - JOUR T1 - Risks to trawler fishermen in Orkney waters JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 482 LP - 485 VL - 27 IS - 181 AU - R. A. Collacott Y1 - 1977/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/27/181/482.abstract N2 - 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. ER -