Rescue Ethics & Case Studies

Rescue Ethics & Case Studies

What a Single Entrapment Scenario Taught Three Different Cave Communities

The story starts with a man named Dave—not his real name—who crawled into a squeeze called the "Letterbox" in a Kentucky cave system popular...

Rescue Ethics & Case Studies

Mock Rescue or Real One? How to Test Your Career Readiness Without Getting Someone Killed

I once watched a trainee freeze on a rope, staring at a simulated victim who was just a dummy. The scenario was fake. The panic was real. And that mom...

Rescue Ethics & Case Studies

When Your Rescue Team Has the Gear but Not the Grit to Use It

You see it at every conference: booths stacked with the latest rescue gear—pulleys with ceramic bearings, battery-powered spreaders that can lift a ca...