Knowledge: cave rescue

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A View From "Down Under" 
http://www.advancedrt.com/articles/rtarticles/cave.html

Article discussing the challenges associated with cave rescue.

Rope Rescue Discussion Forum 
http://www.sarbc.org/cgi-bin/postit?login=sarbc&topic=rope

Post you rescue question here or view the many others that have been discussed.

Cavecomm 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cavecomm/

Yahoo discussion group dedicated to cave rescue communications.

The Self Rescue Group Reading Room 
http://home.netcom.com/~cheazlit/self_rescue/read.html

Articles on cave safety, accidents, injuries and self rescue techniques.

The Cave Rescue Telephone Project 
http://www.cc.utah.edu/~nahaj/cave/phones/

A summary of this project aiming to improve communication between an underground patient and the surface.

Considerations for Rope Rescue 
http://www.basarc.org/papers/roperescue/

An extensive guide to rope rescue techniques.

BMS Rescue Equipment Papers 
http://www.bmsrescue.com/papers.html

A number of white papers on rope rescue techniques and equipment.

Introducing the Nicola System 
http://naylorgr.perso.cegetel.net/cave_radio/article.html

Detailed build and usage information for this radio system designed for cave rescues and for security underground.

Cave Search and Rescue 
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~sglasgow//nzss/sarex.htm

Information and guidelines on conducting cave rescues from the New Zealand Speleological Society.

American Caving Accidents 
http://www.caves.org/pub/aca/

A compendium of accident and safety incident reports from the North American caving community, published by the National Speleological Society.

Oxford University Cave Club Expedition Rescue Guide 
http://users.comlab.ox.ac.uk/gavin.lowe/Caving/rescue_intro.html

Detailed paper on expeditionary styles of cave rescue.

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