Episode 10 - Trauma and PTSD
Update: 2022-05-06
Description
In episode 10, we learn about how trauma and PTSD can manifest in commercial fisheries, and we hear from a commercial fisherman-turned-safety trainer about how he offers support by listening to the fishing communities he works with.
The Fishing Forward is a podcast inspired by fishermen, for fishermen, featuring discussions from scientific experts and fishermen on health, safety, and staying shipshape in the commercial fishing industry. Fishing Forward funded and produced by the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety, and by the Coastal Routes Radio team at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada and at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Fishing Forward is hosted by Dr. Hannah Harrison (@fishpeopleplace) at Dalhousie University and Dr. Philip Loring (@ConserveChange) at the University of Guelph.
Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety (necenter.org/)
Coastal Routes Project (www.coastalroutes.org)
In this episode we heard from:
Dr. Sean Drummond, neuroscientist at Monash University (https://www.monash.edu/turner-institute/sean-drummond-lab)
Weir-fisherman Russell Kingman who works with Fishing Partnership Support Services on the eastern seaboard of the USA.
A content warning:
In the second half of this episode, fisherman Russel Kingman describes a recent incident in which a fisherman’s sweatshirt is caught in a winch and causes his arm to be broken in several places as well as a severed artery. Later, Russel describes some of his personal emergencies at sea: a crew member’s skull fracture, his father being knocked unconscious during a hurricane, a crew member drowning, and a crew member being hit by a heavy metal poll while fishing. We offer a verbal listener warning in the episode before this content is played.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273-TALK (8255) - press 1 for veterans, 2 for Spanish.
National Substance Abuse Treatment - 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or http://findtreatment.SAMHSA.gov.
Transcripts for this episode are available at www.coastalroutes.org/ff-transcripts.
The Fishing Forward is a podcast inspired by fishermen, for fishermen, featuring discussions from scientific experts and fishermen on health, safety, and staying shipshape in the commercial fishing industry. Fishing Forward funded and produced by the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety, and by the Coastal Routes Radio team at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada and at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Fishing Forward is hosted by Dr. Hannah Harrison (@fishpeopleplace) at Dalhousie University and Dr. Philip Loring (@ConserveChange) at the University of Guelph.
Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety (necenter.org/)
Coastal Routes Project (www.coastalroutes.org)
In this episode we heard from:
Dr. Sean Drummond, neuroscientist at Monash University (https://www.monash.edu/turner-institute/sean-drummond-lab)
Weir-fisherman Russell Kingman who works with Fishing Partnership Support Services on the eastern seaboard of the USA.
A content warning:
In the second half of this episode, fisherman Russel Kingman describes a recent incident in which a fisherman’s sweatshirt is caught in a winch and causes his arm to be broken in several places as well as a severed artery. Later, Russel describes some of his personal emergencies at sea: a crew member’s skull fracture, his father being knocked unconscious during a hurricane, a crew member drowning, and a crew member being hit by a heavy metal poll while fishing. We offer a verbal listener warning in the episode before this content is played.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273-TALK (8255) - press 1 for veterans, 2 for Spanish.
National Substance Abuse Treatment - 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or http://findtreatment.SAMHSA.gov.
Transcripts for this episode are available at www.coastalroutes.org/ff-transcripts.
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