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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/papers/roperescue/

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

Rope Rescue Discussion Forum Post you rescue question here or view the many others that have been discussed. http://www.sarbc.org/forumsar/viewforum.php?f=2

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