SAM Splints — REAL First Aid | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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SAM Splints are one of the simplest and most versatile pieces of first aid equipment available so at least one should be in every outdoor First Aid kit.  A soft, malleable aluminium strip sandwiched in foam, the splints become fairly rigid once formed into a 3D shape, the more complex the shape, the more rigid they become.

They are by no means the gold-standard in immobilisation but given their small size, light weight, ease of use, reusability, are unaffected by water, heat, dirt, have no moving parts, can be cut with shears and are radiolucent, for under £12 their value cannot really be matched by anything else.

But as with all equipment, the value is not in owning them, it is in knowing how to use them effectively:

General Principles.

The Splint can be held in place with anything from torn t-s...