Downloads, Links, Articles, Tools, etc.

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
• MAP Tools
• Northeast PA Kayak School

Other Websites

• Lancasteroutdoors.com
• Living Classrooms Foundation (Baltimore, MD)
• The Canalside Inn

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Files, Articles and Other Useful Information

General Files/Information

• 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 about cold water drowning (PDF)
• Search Command Initial Checklist
• Practical Search Considerations Information
• UTM Grid for all Map Sizes
• Area Estimator
• Map Tool for 1:24,000 Map:
• Mini Ops Kit Checklist
• ICS -100 Class/Packet
• Compatibility of SAR Procedures with Search Theory
• Space Shuttle Columbia NASA Search Data
• 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
• Poison Ivy Information
• Wilderness Medical Society WFR Guidelines
• ASRC Medical Policy - PA
• WEMSI Personal Medical Kit (Full Listing)
• WEMSI Personal Medical Kit (Check List)
• 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 and symptoms

Search and Rescue Information

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