User:Aricooperdavis/Draft:Cave Rescue Techniques & Practices
The challenges involved in caving vary according to the cave being visited, but — in addition to the total absence of light beyond the entrance — often include the negotiation of pitches, squeezes, and water hazards. This book aims to give a guide to the techniques and practices used when things do go wrong, to prevent an accident becoming an incident. Cave diving is a much more hazardous sub-specialty, and related rescue techniques will not be covered here.
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- Introduction
- Avoiding Rescue
- Precautions
- Types of Incident
- Responsibilities
- Rescue Procedure
- Missed Callout
- Injury Reported
- Equipment Required
- Problems
- Dealing with Injury
- Problems outside the Cave
- Rescue Techniques
- Recovering a caver from a rope
- Managing Exhaustion & Illness
- First Aid
- Warmth
- Stretcher Rescues
- Local Difficulties
- Case Study
- Further Reading