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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

MAP Tools

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

NEW! 12/12/2006Coast 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

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