Judges Reading Room
Here you will find books and papers from different sources regarding technical rescue and medical considerations. Please email me with new/interesting material and I will be happy to post. Thanks!
Recommended Books / Reading (listed by title)
Robbins, Royal, Advanced Rockcraft, La Siesta Press,
1973
Robbins, Royal, Basic Rockcraft, La Siesta Press, 1971
Frank, James A. and Patterson, Donald E., CMC Rappel Manual, revised 2nd
edition, CMC Rescue Inc., 1997
Frank, James A., CMC Rope Rescue Manual, revised 3rd edition, CMC Rescue
Inc., 1998
Rope, Vines and Wright, Confined Space and Structural Rope Rescue,
Mosby, 1998
Confined Space Entry and Rescue-A Training Manual, CMC Rescue, Inc.,
1996
Vines, Tom and Hudson, Steve, High Angle Rescue Techniques, National
Association for Search and Rescue, 1989
Knots and How to Tie Them, Boy Scouts of America, 1978
Hudson, Manual of U.S. Cave Rescue Techniques, 2nd Edition, National
Cave Rescue Commission and the National Speleological Society, 1988
March, Bill, Modern Rope Techniques in Mountaineering, revised 3rd
edition, Cicerone Press, 1985
May, W.G., Mountain Search and Rescue Techniques, Rocky Mountain Rescue
Group, Inc., 1973
Padgett and Smith, On Rope - North American Vertical Rope Techniques for
Caving, Search and Rescue and Mountaineering, National Speleological
Society, 1987
Martin, Tom, Rappelling, Edition II, Search Publishing, 1987
Wheelock, Walt, Ropes Knots and Slings for Climbers, La Siesta Press,
1982
Montgomery, Neil R., Single Rope Techniques: A Guide for Vertical
Cavers, The Sydney Speleological Society, 1977
Setnicka, Tim J., Wilderness Search and Rescue, Appalachian Mountain
Club, 1980
Technical Papers
from Technical Rescue
Magazine
Rescue Belay Article **
Rescue Belay Article Update **
** These two articles are no longer available on the "Technical Rescue"
website. If anyone has .pdf copies of these, please forward and we will
place then on this website.
Rigging for Rescue
Self-equalising anchors: A Myth?
Theoretical Analysis of Rescue Belay Behaviour
Articles and Documents
from CMC Rescue Inc.
Service Life of
a Rescue Harness
from
The Self Rescue Group **This website has numerous articles of
interest ! Take the time to visit !**
Considerations for Rope Rescue