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INTRODUCTION

• 1a: The reasons behind this book
• 1b: A microscopic introduction to cave rescue
• 1c: Loads and Forces in a rescue system
• 1d: The way cave rescues 'work'
• 1e: Paperwork and management

CASUALTY CARE

• 2a: The premises of Casualty Care
• 2b: Bending rules, and patients
• 2c: Clinical Spine Clearance
• 2d: Suspension trauma
• 2e: What skills to know
• 2f: Medical Comms
• 2g: Casualty Microenvironments
• 2h: Suits of Armour and Dragons

ROPE AND CORD

• 3a: Construction and materials
• 3b: EN, NFPA & UIAA standards for rope
• 3c: Choice of rope diameters for rescue
• 3d: The Nylon and Polyester Debate
• 3e: Accessory cord
• 3f: Transport and storage of rope
• 3g: Washing and drying rope
• 3h: Breaking in new ropes

INTRODUCTION TO KNOTS

• 4a: The elements of a knot
• 4b: Permanent knots
• 4c: Knots in cord and tape
• 4d: Freeing tight knots and the prybar krab
• 4e: Why knots are weak
• 4f: Knots we don't want you to use
• 4g: Cowstails

ESSENTIAL KNOTS

• 1. Figure-8
• 2. Figure-9
• 3. Stein knot
• 4. Yosemite Mountaineering Bowline
• 6. 'Alpine' Butterfly knot
• 7. Italian hitch
• 8. Tensionless hitch
• 9. Classic 3-wrap Prusik Knot
• 10. Hedden knot
• 11. Klemheist knot
• 12. GARDA hitch
• 13. Tape knot
• 14. Double Fisherman's bend
• 15. Triple Fisherman's bend
• 16. Barrel knot
• 17. Constrictor knot
• 18. Dog & tails

FORCES & FRICTION

• 6a: What exactly is Friction?
• 6b: Friction and real-world equipment
• 6c: Friction values for devices and edges
• 6d: Vectors and finding the Force

PULLEYS & DESCENDERS

• 7a: Pulleys
• 7b: Choosing your pulleys
• 7c: Ratchet Pulleys
• 7d: Descenders

HARDWARE & FABRICS

• 8a: Karabiners
• 8b: Maillon Rapides
• 8c: Slings
• 8d: Polymers used for textile equipment
• 8e: Common chemicals and their effects
• 8f: Materials used in commercial ropes
• 8g: Rope clamps
• 8h: Energy absorbers
• 8i: Swivels

STRETCHERS

• 9a: Basket litters
• 9b: Neil Robertson Stretchers
• 9c: Cocoon Stretchers
• 9d: Spinal splints
• 9e: Vacuum Splints
• 9f: Foam Sandwiches
• 9g: Stretcher lifting geometry
• 9h: Bridles for horizontal lifting
• 9i: Is length important?
• 9j: The 'safety link' in a stretcher
• 9k: Casualty fall arrest harnesses
• 9l: The barrowboy

ANCHORS

• 10a: How strong should an anchor be?
• 10b: Slinging
• 10c: Natural anchors
• 10d: Props
• 10e: Ground stakes
• 10f: Camming devices
• 10g: Bolts and hangers
• 10h: Rigging to anchors
• 10h: Classes of anchor

BELAYS & BACKUPS

• 11a: The forces during a fall
• 11b: Belay devices
• 11c: Fall arrest lines
• 11d: Backup systems
• 11e: Sharing anchors
• 11f: Routing the backup line

SIMPLE HAULING

• 12a: Lowering systems
• 12b: The goals of hauling systems
• 12c: Rope capture systems
• 12d: Where to put the hauling party
• 12d: Mechanical Advantage
• 12e: The V-rig - 2:1 advantage
• 12f: Pulley systems with friction
• 12g: The block and tackle
• 12h: The Z-rig - 3:1 advantage
• 12i: Multiplying mechanical advantage
• 12j: More than 3:1
• 12k: Jiggers
• 12l: Inchworms
• 12m: Load release hitches

COMPLEX & SRT RESCUE

• 13a: Counterbalance systems
• 13b: Passing rebelays and deviations
• 13c: Quadpods, tripods and headgear
• 13d: SRT rescues
• 13e: How much is too much?

TRAVERSES

• 14a: The knotty traverse
• 14b: The Tarzan traverse
• 14c: Highline traverses - simple style
• 14d: Tensions in highline traverses
• 14e: Building highlines without computers
• 14f: Materials for runaway lines
• 14g: Highline traverses - crane jib style
• 14h: Cableways

SPECIAL RESCUE

• 15a: Expedition Rescue
• 15b: Expedition First Aid supplies
• 15c: 'Rescue' gear for an expedition
• 15d: Self-contained rescues
• 15e: The alert system for remote areas
• 15f: Large animal rescue
• 15g: Lifting rocks

WINCHES

• 16a: Styles of winch
• 16b: Powered ascenders
• 16c: Precautions using powered winches

EQUIPMENT CARE

• 17a: Cleaning your gear
• 17b: Inspection procedures
• 17c: Frequency of inspections
• 17d: Labelling
• 17e: Inspecting textiles (ropes & webbing)
• 17f: Inspecting metal
• 17g: The impact of legislation
• 17h: Destruction, Death and eBay

REFERENCES & LINKS

• 18a: Official standards and information
• 18b: National rescue bodies and links
• 18d: UIAA Standard Equivalents
• 18e: References used in the text
• 18f: Media credits and contributions

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