Laerdal and a company called Care2Medical have just come out with a device called the "PneuSplint." It's an inflatable splint that you inflate and then place on the pt.
http://www.care2medical.com/
http://www.laerdal.info/doc/6875218/PneuSplint.html
http://www2.mooremedical.com/index.cfm?PG=CTL&CS=HOM&FN=ProductDetail&PID=7976
Has anyone had any experience with inflatable splints? I've heard rumors that they inflate way too much when brought indoors or into a rig (where it is warm) because the warmth increases air pressure (just like a balloon).
Splints are just so expensive. This seems to provide a cost-effective solution.
Successes? Failures? Thoughts?
Any other advice on a cost-effective splint to replace a SAM? That is, other than the pillow?
http://www.care2medical.com/
http://www.laerdal.info/doc/6875218/PneuSplint.html
http://www2.mooremedical.com/index.cfm?PG=CTL&CS=HOM&FN=ProductDetail&PID=7976
Has anyone had any experience with inflatable splints? I've heard rumors that they inflate way too much when brought indoors or into a rig (where it is warm) because the warmth increases air pressure (just like a balloon).
Splints are just so expensive. This seems to provide a cost-effective solution.
Successes? Failures? Thoughts?
Any other advice on a cost-effective splint to replace a SAM? That is, other than the pillow?
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