What is Sam Splint?

Structural aluminum ball (Sam®) is a compact, portable type of splint that often uses emergency doctors, sports injuries and others who require equipment to quickly meet injuries outside the medical environment. The splint has a thin piece of aluminum between two pieces of light foam. When the Sam® plate is unpacked, it can be cut to size and bent around any limb in a curved way to immobilize injuries until the patient can obtain medical care. For children and small individuals there is a smaller splint and a larger model is available for larger patients. There are also small splints for wrists or fingers and are often used for minor sports injuries. D again disrupted. The foam that covers aluminum is washable and waterproof and can be disinfected and reused. It does not require any special fasteners and is kept in place with a medical tape or fabric wrap. This type of plate is usually not used for long -term injury care. Patients whoThey require the splint for immobilization during healing of the injury period, are usually more suitable for a more permanent plate in the emergency room or doctor's office.

It is important that healthcare professionals and emergency respondents have a training on how to properly cut and bend the splint. Minor injuries usually will not suffer from incorrectly applied splints, but serious injuries, including broken limbs and neck injuries, must be properly immobilized to prevent further injuries and increase the chances of correct and speedy recovery. The splint can be bent in the shape of a regular "C" curve, "T" curve, which doubles the pavement above the other and provides further stability and inverted "C" curve, which increases the strength of the splint by bending the edges from the conventional "C" curve.

Splint Sam® is also available for animals. The splint is very similar to the dwelling for humans, but the aluminum is twice as thick. This provides greater durability and hundredBally for large animals that may try to move the paving part of the body.