Emergency medical training for the commercial fishing industry: an expanded role for wilderness medicine.

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• Personal Author:
  Bovbjerg VE ; Jacobson K ; Kincl LD ; Miner T ; Vaughan A
• Description:
  This article describes the conception, implementation, and evaluation of a wilderness medicine-based first aid class for the commercial fishing industry. Commercial fishing is a dangerous occupation in the United States. Currently, commercial fishermen often only have access to basic first aid classes. Because of its focus on austere environments, hazardous conditions, and distance from definitive medical care-hallmarks of commercial fisheries-wilderness medicine offers a more appropriate approach to decreasing morbidity and mortality in the industry. A 2-d, 16-h pilot wilderness medicine course for commercial fishermen, Fishermen First Aid and Safety Training (FFAST), conducted for Dungeness crab fishermen, was effective and well received, based on pre- and postcourse knowledge, skill, and attitude surveys. FFAST has been approved by the Coast Guard and is being made more widely available to commercial fishermen in the Pacific Northwest. The FFAST program offers an example of how wilderness medicine can improve safety and emergency medical response for a wide variety of austere environments not traditionally linked to the backcountry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Emergency Responders First Aid Hunting Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Health; Injury Prevention; Marine Medicine Emergency Treatment; Medical Care; Fishing Industry; First Aid; Safety Education; Injuries; Marine Workers;
• ISSN:
  1080-6032
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  281-286
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065430
• Citation:
  Wilderness Environ Med 2019 Sep; 30(3):281-286
• Contact Point Address:
  Laurel Kincl, PhD, 14B Milam Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
• Email:
  laurel.kincl@oregonstate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9b61986ddd317dc024d7d104847294f3ed6a2f9953a14e18c989800166905705f69a62c37f1a77a8b52d4515c6fb53a81ad9152106a1dfda727f8b3712fb76a3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249434/cdc_249434_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 389.63 KB ]