Product information for SAM Sling Pelvic Fracture Splint
Setting a New Standard for the Stabilization of Pelvic Fractures,t he SAM Sling? is the first and only force-controlled circumferential pelvic belt designed to provide safe and effective reduction and stabilization of open-book pelvic fractures. If youre a trauma surgeon accustomed to dealing with motorcycle accidents, heavy-equipment injuries, falls from height, or severe car accidents, that says it all.
For years, theres been no scientifically proven device for stabilizing pelvic fractures in the field, during the first golden hour after the accident, when lives are most easily saved. Now there is.
Saving Lives at 33 Pounds of Tension Pelvic ring fractures are devastating injuries, accompanied by extensive internal bleeding that can often be fatal. Since the mid-Nineteenth Century, standard first-aid protocol has been to wrap a bedsheet or belt around the victims hips, cinch it tight, and hope for the best. Its a technique that works, even for the worst type of pelvic fractures, known as open-book fractures because the pelvic ring has sprung open, like the pages of a book. Compression closes the book, reduces pain, slows bleeding, and promotes clot formation as the patient is transported to an emergency department.
The problem with bed sheets and belts is that they are an extremely inexact methodology. Not only is there no control over how tightly the sheet is cinched, but until development began on the SAM Sling?, nobody even knew how tightly it should be cinched or exactly where on the body it should be placed. Imagine how it would be if the only way to measure blood pressure was with un-calibrated instruments, each of which was different! With pelvic ring fractures, too much compression force shifts the broken ends of bones and causes additional damage, too little allows bleeding to continue.
In 2002, researchers at a leading hospital determined that the optimum safe pressure for closing unstable open-book fractures falls in a range centered on approximately 150 Newtons, or 33 pounds. That allowed the creation of the SAM Sling?'s patented autostop buckle, which has spring-loaded prongs that lock the buckle in place when the right amount of force is applied. Not only is there no guesswork needed, the autostop buckle simply wont allow the belt to be over-tightened.
Tested in Peer-reviewed Medical Studies The SAM Sling? was developed through rigorous laboratory and clinical studies. Reports at numerous scientific conferences and in peer-reviewed medical journals have documented that it effectively reduces and stabilizes unstable pelvic fractures.
Features and Benefits: The SAM Sling? is built for quick, easy use under less-than-perfect conditions. As with our other products, we sweat the details so you dont have to sweat them in the field.
Each patented autostop buckle is individually tested to ensure that it engages at the correct force
A low-friction plastic covering on the back side of the sling allows it to slide easily beneath the victim, with or without a backboard
Velcro?-friendly exterior allows quick and easy fastening once the autostop buckle engages
Easily applied by a single emergency responder
Vapor-permeable belt prevents skin irritation and odor
Pressure on skin does not exceed 32 mm of mercury, protecting skin from pressure damage
Except for two small metal springs in the buckle, the SAM Sling? is transparent to X-rays
The sling is contoured to be narrower in the front than in the back, allowing urinary catheterization and accesses to the abdomen and the femoral vessels
Unaffected by altitude or temperature
Available in three sizes: small, medium, and large
Training videos, CDs, and online training guides show the SAM Slings proper
Manufacturer: SAM Medical Manufacturer Item Number: 556652
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