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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
<h1>Rescue</h1>
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<li>A survival bag &ndash; not a space blanket as these don't work as well;</li>
<li>A candle: when lit inside a bivvy bag, this will keep you very warm; see
<a href="#s43">section 4.3</a>.</li>
<li>Enough carbide for your trip &ndash; and a little spare in case your trip is
longer than expected &ndash; and a spare battery for your electric.</li>
<li>Enough battery for your lights for your trip &ndash; and a spare battery.</li>
</ul>
<p>When walking in the mountains you should carry the same stuff, and also a
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and a bag of hauling gear (sections <a href="#s353">3.5.3</a> and <a
href="#s354">3.5.4</a>) if there is any chance of it being needed.</p>
<p>More cavers should follow with more hauling gear, food and carbide
<p>More cavers should follow with more hauling gear, food and lights
(see <a href="#s355">section 3.5.5</a>). </p>
<p>Meanwhile, the Austrian rescue authorities should be alerted. Ask the
@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ numbers, and get hold of theirs, if they are so equipped. Do this before
a rescue occurs!</p>
<p>Most people at base should walk up the hill, carrying more rope, rigging
gear, food, and carbide, as needed. One person, ideally a German speaker,
gear, food, and lights, as needed. One person, ideally a German speaker,
should stay behind to liaise with the Austrians.</p>
<p>If rescue in a stretcher is necessary, goto <a href="#s44">section
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<li>first aid kit containing plenty of bandages and painkillers;</li>
<li>Foam Splints;</li>
<li>2 survival bags;</li>
<li>spare carbide;</li>
<li>spare batteries;</li>
<li>spare bulbs, carbide jets, etc;</li>
<li>spare bulbs, head-torches etc;</li>
<li>food;</li>
<li>candles and lighter &ndash; good for making heat;</li>
<li>waterproof paper and pencil, for writing messages.</li>
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<h5><a name="s355">3.5.5</a>. Other rescue gear</h5>
<p>Plenty of food and carbide will be needed on a long rescue.</p>
<p>Plenty of food and spare lights will be needed on a long rescue.</p>
<p>The following gear may be needed in particular situations:</p>
<ul>
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been able to escape in all the flooding incidents CUCC have experienced so
far, although in some cases they may have to sit it out. Floods invariably
render pitches impassable rather than sumping anything off. Leave the victims
a dump of food, carbide, dry clothes and a stove, somewhere where they will
a dump of food, water, dry clothes and a stove, somewhere where they will
see it, but where it won't get washed away. If spray is a major problem,
electric lights might be worth providing. When you think the water is
dropping again, send a team down to make sure they are alright, and to give
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<h4><a name="s41">4.1</a>. Dealing with knackered or ill cavers</h4>
<p>If this is the case, give the victim as much help as possible. Maybe some
food and encouragement will be enough (a Carbide Assist: light a flame under
food and encouragement will be enough (a "Carbide Assist" used to be the way to do this: light a flame under
their butt, and out they go). </p>
<p>You can help them by rigging a combined hand line--life line on climbs:
@ -705,9 +704,8 @@ weren't shocked before, they might become so.</li>
warm. Ideally get them into dry clothing, into a sleeping bag, and insulate
them from the ground. Sit them on a rope, a tackle bag, knee pads, or you.
Put them inside a bivvy bag or under a survival blanket, and light a candle
or carbide flame in with them: the heat given off by the flame is
significant, and can be a life saver. Alternatively, put a carbide generator
inside their furry suit.</p>
flame in with them: the heat given off by the flame is
significant, and can be a life saver. </p>
<p>Hot drinks for an injured caver are probably a bad idea on the whole.
Patients with head injuries can spew them up and inhale them, and somebody
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<hr />
<!-- LINKS -->
<ul id="links">
<li><b>Rescue topics:</b>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.pennine.demon.co.uk/NPC/1987/DRGIBSON.HTM">Caving
Accidents: Management from Site to surface</a>. An article by Dr. D.Gibson
in the 1987 NPC Journal.</li>
<li><a href="../years/1980/report.htm#rescue80">Trapped by flood</a> in 113, 1980</li>
<li><a href="../years/1984/log.htm#rescue84">Sitting out flood</a> in 145, 1984</li>
<li><a href="../years/1989/rescue.htm">The 1989 rescues</a></li>
<li><a href="../years/1991/log.htm#id1991-182-7">Hit by flood pulse</a> in 182, 1991</li>
<li><a href="../years/1993/log.htm#id1993-161-18">Mislaid for 27 hours</a> in 161, 1993</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="index.htm">Expedition Handbook</a> - Intro
<ul>
<li><a href="look4.htm">Prospecting guide</a></li>
<li><a href="survey/index.htm">Surveying guide</a></li>
<li><a href="rigit.htm">Rigging guide</a></li>
<li><a href="photo.htm">Photography guide</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="../indxal.htm">Full Index to area 1623</a></li>
<li><a href="../index.htm">Back to Expedition Index page</a></li>
<li><a href="../../index.htm">Back to CUCC Home page</a></li>
</ul>
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