This book is intended to serve as a comprehensive reference for those interested in cave rescue. It is designed to bring together under one cover the knowledge and experience accumulated by cave rescuers during 50 years of rescue in the caves of the Americas. It may also be useful as a field guide for rescue squads and Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel who are occasionally called upon to work within a cave. On Call has ten subject-based sections. Introduction to Cave Rescue. Communications. Management Operations. Search Management. Medical Considerations. Vertical Rescue. Patient Packaging and Transport. Psychological Considerations. Special Problems. Wrap Up and Training. Appendixes: Standardized rescue forms, acronyms, knots, suppliers, rope calls, glossary, and websites.
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The newspaper articles documenting the efforts of his rescuers won reporter Skeets Miller a Pulitzer Prize and became the subject of several books and a movie. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cave rescue training, crevice rescue, load sharing anchor, cave rescuers, initial response team, urgency chart, litter attendant, directional pulley, cave rescue teams, cave radios, charcoal vest, traveling pulley, caving party, injured caver, specialized coordinators, patient packaging, rescue commission, last known point, litter captain, rescue managers, haul team, response medic, cave rescues, caving areas, rigging team Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Incident Coordinator, Logistics Section, United States, Point Last Seen, Responsible Agent, Figure Eight, Incident Command System, National Cave Rescue Commission, Small Party Assisted Rescue, Medical Coordinator, Public Information Officer, West Virginia, Eastern Region, Underground Coordinator, Georgia Haul, Logistics Team, Operations Chief, Body Substance Isolation, Demobilization Team, National Speleological Society, Red Cross, Ferno Washington, Haul Director, North America, Oregon Spine Splint New!
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The newspaper articles documenting the efforts of his rescuers won reporter Skeets Miller a Pulitzer Prize and became the subject of several books and a movie. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cave rescue training, crevice rescue, load sharing anchor, cave rescuers, initial response team, urgency chart, litter attendant, directional pulley, cave rescue teams, cave radios, charcoal vest, traveling pulley, caving party, injured caver, specialized coordinators, patient packaging, rescue commission, last known point, litter captain, rescue managers, haul team, response medic, cave rescues, caving areas, rigging team Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Incident Coordinator, Logistics Section, United States, Point Last Seen, Responsible Agent, Figure Eight, Incident Command System, National Cave Rescue Commission, Small Party Assisted Rescue, Medical Coordinator, Public Information Officer, West Virginia, Eastern Region, Underground Coordinator, Georgia Haul, Logistics Team, Operations Chief, Body Substance Isolation, Demobilization Team, National Speleological Society, Red Cross, Ferno Washington, Haul Director, North America, Oregon Spine Splint New!
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- On Rope: North American Vertical Rope Techniques for Caving ... Rappellers by Bruce Smith on 4 pages
- Rope Rescue by James A. Frank on page 196, and Back Matter
- West Virginia (The States and the Nation series) by J.A. Williams in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Rope Rescue Manual by James A. Frank in Back Matter
- West Virginia (United States) by Julie Murray in Back Matter
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- Cave Conservation and Restoration by Edited by Val Hildreth-Werker and Jim C. Werker on page 275
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