PERFORMANCE CHECKLIST

APPLY A SAM SPLINT TO A FRACTURED LIMB

Situation: You have found a casualty with a fractured (forearm, upper arm, wrist, or lower leg). Use a SAM splint and muslin bandages to immobilize the fracture.

GO NO GO

Checks for a pulse below the fracture site.

Forms splint into V-shape with edges bent. (If a fracture of the upper arm, one side is shorter than the other. For other fractures, both sides of the V are about equal in length.)

Shapes SAM splint to generally conform to shape of limb being splinted.

Does not try to straighten fractured limb.

Applies splint to fractured limb so the fracture is between the two sides of the splint.

Applies at least two cravats to hold splint in place (one above the fracture, the other below the fracture) with no cravat applied over fracture site.

Cravats tied using a nonslip knot with knot tied over the outer splint (part of splint that is away from the body).

Checks for a pulse below the cravats.

(Loosens and reties cravats if pulse was present before the ( ) splint was applied and absent after splint was applied.)

OVERALL EVALUATION GO NO GO

(A no-go on any step gives an overall evaluation of NO-GO for the entire task.