Cave Rescue

American Caving Accidents
A compendium of accident and safety incident reports from the North American caving community, published by the National Speleological Society.
http://www.caves.org/pub/aca/

BMS Rescue Equipment Papers
A number of white papers on rope rescue techniques and equipment.
http://www.bmsrescue.com/papers.html

The Cave Rescue Telephone Project
A summary of this project aiming to improve communication between an underground patient and the surface.
http://www.cc.utah.edu/~nahaj/cave/phones/

Cave Search and Rescue
Information and guidelines on conducting cave rescues from the New Zealand Speleological Society.
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~sglasgow//nzss/sarex.htm

Cavecomm
Yahoo discussion group dedicated to cave rescue communications.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cavecomm/

Considerations for Rope Rescue
A guide to rope rescue techniques.
http://www.basarc.org/articles/p2_articleid/2

Introducing the Nicola System
Detailed build and usage information for this radio system designed for cave rescues and for security underground.
http://naylorgr.perso.cegetel.net/cave_radio/article.html

Oxford University Cave Club Expedition Rescue Guide
Detailed paper on expeditionary styles of cave rescue.
http://users.comlab.ox.ac.uk/gavin.lowe/Caving/rescue_intro.html

The Self Rescue Group Reading Room
Articles on cave safety, accidents, injuries and self rescue techniques.
http://home.netcom.com/~cheazlit/self_rescue/read.html

A View From "Down Under"
Article discussing the challenges associated with cave rescue.
http://www.advancedrt.com/articles/rtarticles/cave.html