Downloads and Resources

Downloads!
Articles, Tools, and other items of Interest

LINKS:

Search and Rescue Organizations Mountain Rescue Association

Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group

National Association of Search and Rescue

Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council

Bay Area Search and Rescue Council (cool map tools)

National Cave Rescue Commission - Eastern Region

Wilderness Emergency Strike Team (WEST)

Wilderness Medical Organizations

Wilderness Medical Society

Dr. Keith Conover Homepage

Wilderness Emergency Medical Services Institute

WEMSI - EUROPE (Wildmedic.org)

EMT CITY.COM

SAR and Outdoor Equipment

SARCAMP Equipment Company

ERI International

Northeast PA Kayak School

Other Websites

Lancasteroutdoors.com

Living Classrooms Foundation (Baltimore, MD)

The Canal Inn

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General Articles of Interest

CDS Course Overview and Learning Obj (PDF)
Duty to Act Court Case Article - Oct 2005	Underwater Gasp Reflex Information

Search Management Files/Information

Coast Guard Newsletter - Has great information about cold water drowning (PDF) Posted 12/12/2006
Search Command Initial Checklist	Practical Search Considerations Information
UTM GRID FOR ALL MAP SIZES: ALLGRIDS.PDF	Area Estimator: BigArea.pdf
Map Tool for 1:24,000 Map: ToolSet.pdf	Mini Ops Kit Checklist: Mini-Opskit.pdf
ICS -100 Class/Packet: ICS I-100.pdf	Compatibility of SAR Procedures with Search Theory
Space Shuttle Columbia NASA Search Data	Multimillion Dollar SAR Lawsuit.
The Alzheimer's Article

PASRC/Other SAR Organization Files

PSARC - Operations Kit	PSARC - Medical Kit
PSARC - Communications & Semi-Tech Kit	PSARC - Team Level Requirements

Wilderness Medical File/Information


Different Types of Scotch Casting Materials: scotchcast.pdf	Poison Ivy Information: P-IVY.pdf
Wilderness Medical Society WFR Guidelines: WFR_Topics.pdf	ASRC Medical Policy - PA: asrc-med.pdf
WEMSI Personal Medical Kit (Full Listings): persmedkit122.pdf	WEMSI Personal Medical Kit (Check List): pwm12short.pdf
System O2 - Portable Oxygen generation system may be inadequate.	Personal, Team, and Base Medical Kit list for 1st Special Response Group
Do Not Resuscitate Information For Pennsylvania	Heat Illness in the Israeli Army
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance and Endurance Exercise	History of Wilderness EMS
Hypothermia and Cave Rescue	PA Wilderness EMS General Protocols
Mosquitoes and Insect Repellant	Cold Weather & Military Campaigns
Core body temperatures & symptoms

Search and Rescue Information

More information on Harness Safety	Could Your Harness Kill You?
Clothing Materials