{"id":97915,"key":"NREMT_Skillset/Sager_Traction_Splint_Application/Skill_Sheet","title":"NREMT Skillset/Sager Traction Splint Application/Skill Sheet","latest":{"id":1275059,"timestamp":"2026-09-18T12:05:38Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{NREMT notice}}\n\n{{SELF knowledge data\n| part-of = NREMT Skillset\n| parent = Sager Traction Splint Application\n}}\n\nSouth Central College\n\n'''SAGER SPLINT'''\nCandidate Name: _________________________________________ Date: ______________________\n\nExaminer Name and Signature: _________________________________________________________\n\nTime Started: __________ Time Ended: __________ Points: _____/13\t\t\tPASS/FAIL (Circle One)\n\n{| class=\"wikitable compact\"\n|\n| Points Possible\n| Points Awarded\n|-\n| Directs application of manual stabilization of injured leg\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Exposes extremity and removes shoe and sock\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Directs application of manual traction (must be applied before elevating leg if necessary)\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Assesses motor, sensory, and distal circulation in the injured extremity\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Adjusts splint to proper length\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Positions splint between patients legs, cushion against gorin and secures groin strap.\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Secures ankle hitch properly\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Extends the splint, providing approximately 10% of the patient’s body weight in traction. (Max 15 pounds for single leg or 30 pounds bilateral).\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Positions/secures support straps\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Re-evaluates proximal/distal securing devices\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Reassesses motor, sensory, and circulatory functions in injured extremity\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Secures patient to long backboard to immobilize hip\n| 1\n|\n|-\n| Secures splint/legs to long backboard to prevent movement\n| 1\n|\n|}\n\n                                         '''Points Possible: 13'''                    Total Points Awarded_______________\n\nCritical Criteria\n\n____ Loss of traction at any point after it is assumed\n\n____ Failure to apply manual traction before evaluating leg\n\n____ Did not reassess motor, sensory, and circulatory functions in injured extremity\n\n____ Foot is excessively rotates or extended after splinting\n\n____ Final immobilization failed to support leg or prevent rotation of injury\n\nNotes: ____________________________________________________________________________________________\n\n__________________________________________________________________________________________________\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being\n}}"}