The Sawyer® SAM Splint is essential for every outdoors enthusiasts pack and for all emergency preparedness kits. Acclaimed by emergency care providers, outdoor enthusiasts, and even NASA astronauts, the SAM Splint is based on the ancient construction principle that curves are strong. It’s built from a thin layer of soft aluminum alloy sandwiched between two foam layers. Sawyers SAM Splint is widely used by medical professionals, but its easy for anyone to use.

Though its primary function is to secure and protect injured extremities, the Sawyer SAM Splint can also be used as an emergency paddle, windscreen for backpacking stoves, cup or pot insulator, flexible container, or emergency snow shovel. The Sawyer SAM Splint is lightweight, transportable, easy to pack and carry, reusable, economical, waterproof, and radiolucent, making it the ideal item for every every outdoor enthusiast.

Protection for injured extremities
Thin core of soft aluminum alloy sandwiched between two layers of closed cell foam
Bent into simple curve it becomes extremely strong and supportive
Lightweight
Reusable
Radioluenct
Waterproof
Compact
Versatile
Can also be used as emergency paddle or shovel, windscreen or flexible container
Made in USA