Technical Books  

CMC Rope Rescue Manual
James A Frank
(Mr. Frank owns RescueRigger)

High Angle Rescue Techniques
3rd Edition
Tom Vines and Steve Hudson
(Mr. Hudson owns RescueRigger)
 

Engineering Practical Rope Rescue Systems
Michael G. Brown
(Mr. Brown owns RescueRigger)

High Angle Rescue Techniques
2nd Edition
Tom Vines, Steve Hudson

(Mr. Hudson owns RescueRigger)

Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
Don Graydon, Kurt Hanson

Confined Space and Structural Rope Rescue
Michael Roop, Thomas Vines

Technical Rescue Riggers Guide
Rick Lipke

Rope Rescue for Firefighting
 by Ken Brennan

On Call: A Complete Reference for Cave Rescue
John C. Hempel,
Annette Fregeau-Conover

River Rescue:
A Manual for Whitewater Safety

Slim Ray, Les Bechdel

Swiftwater Rescue:
A Manual for the Rescue Professional

Slim Ray
Non-Technical Rescue Books
Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance
Peter Stark

This is not about rescues, but tales of death by various means (e.g., drowning, hypothermia). It is full of medical details. A great book if you are interested in backcountry medicine.

The Falling Season:
Inside the Life and Death Drama of Aspen's Mountain Rescue Team

Hal Clifford

The story of a Colorado SAR team.

The Rescue Season: The Heroic Story of Parajumpers on the Edge of the World
Bob Drury

PJs doing rescue on Denali.

Pararescue:
The Skill and Courage of the Elite 106th Rescue Wing--The True Story of an Incredible Rescue at Sea and the Heroes Who Pulled It Off

Michael Hirsh

An exiting summary of a sea rescue by PJs.

That Others May Live:
The True Story of the PJs, the Real Life Heroes of the Perfect Storm

Pete Nelson, Jack Brehm
Software

eMedic is emergency medical reference software for Palm, Pocket PC, and Windows.
You can use eMedic to maintain, and distribute, your agency's protocols.
eMedic was developed by Iterum--the same company that developed RescueRigger.
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