Air Splint - Full Leg

This full leg air splint is an inflatable splint measuring 875mm long by 622mm wide at the top - the largest of the three sizes - sized to support and immobilise a suspected lower limb injury along the length of the leg.

Why choose a full leg air splint

Lower limb injuries are heavy, painful to move and slow to package, and that is where an air splint earns its place. A full leg air splint immobilises by surrounding the leg with even, low pressure, so it conforms around a swollen knee or a deformed lower leg instead of requiring the limb to be lifted and padded onto a rigid board.

At 875mm long and 622mm wide at the top it covers the leg and the joints either side of most lower-limb injuries. Sizing up rather than down is the safer error here - a splint that stops short of the joint above the injury leaves that joint free to move, which is not immobilisation.

Two cautions matter more on the leg than anywhere else. It supports but does not apply traction, so a suspected mid-shaft femur fracture needs a traction splint instead. And because a leg holds a large volume of air, the effect of temperature and altitude on pressure is more pronounced - monitor it throughout any transfer.

Key features

• 875mm long x 622mm wide at the top - the largest size
• Covers the leg and the joints either side of the injury
• Inflatable splint - immobilises a suspected limb injury
• Inflate by mouth to avoid over-inflation
• Allows the limb to be supported without rigid padding
• Reusable
• For use by trained personnel

Specifications

Common uses

Ambulance and retrieval, mine site and remote-area medics, sporting clubs and surf life saving. Where a mid-shaft femur fracture is suspected, traction rather than support is required - the Kendrick Traction Device is the compact traction splint for that. For smaller lower-limb injuries the foot and ankle air splint is the correct size, and the complete air splint set with bag carries the full range. See our farming, mining and remote area range.