Splints

SAM Splint at the core of the range

SAM Splint is an aluminium core in foam that only becomes rigid once it is bent — the same splint can therefore be shaped to the forearm, lower leg, collarbone or neck. It comes in 91 cm (36ʺ), 45 cm (18ʺ), 23 cm (9ʺ) and as the SAM Finger Splint for fingers and thumbs, in orange for visibility and in black and charcoal for those who want to keep their signature low. The rolled version takes up the least space in a pouch, while the flat mouldable version sits better in a bag. SAM Sugar Tong is pre-shaped for the wrist and forearm.

Ferno Flex Splint is a 92 cm roll that is cut to length as needed, and Faretec Redi Splint a ready-made 4 × 36-inch splint. UCAST Uno EMS is a mouldable support splint that hardens and gives firmer support than a conventional splint — a middle ground between field stabilisation and a plaster cast.

Neck, back and transport

Stifneck Select from Laerdal is an adjustable adult-size cervical collar, Stifneck Pedi-Select the paediatric equivalent. BaXstrap spineboard is the spine board that handles full-body immobilisation and transport, with spider strap, SpeedBlocks head immobiliser and carry bag as separate accessories. If you need to get out of there fast rather than immobilise, you will find evacuation stretchers in trauma and bleeding control.

An arm sling is the simplest solution for an arm that needs to be kept still, and the one most often missing when it is needed — put one in every bag.

What it goes with

The fracture is rarely the whole injury. See tourniquets and wound packing for the bleeding, hypothermia protection before transport and wound care and dressings for anything that bleeds less.