Abstract: A kit for supporting a patient's arm includes a waist band, to be worn around the patient's torso and having a first fastener; a pillow having second and third fasteners; and an arm sling with a fourth fastener attached to at least one of the panels of the arm pouch. The first and second fasteners are fastenable to and releasable from each other to releasably secure the pillow to the waist band, and the third and fourth fasteners are fastenable to and releasable from each other to releasably secure the sling to the pillow, to thereby secure the arm at an abducted position relative to the torso. The first and fourth fasteners may also be fastenable to and releasable from each other to releasably secure the sling to the waist band when the pillow is not present, to immobilize the arm at a non-abducted position.

Abstract: A disposable, size-adaptable arm sling for supporting a patient's arm and hand has an elongated pouch for receiving the arm therein. The pouch has an open top and open front end and a closed bottom and closed aft end and is made of a mat of at least partially fused together synthetic fibers. A multiplicity of spaced-apart, elastic strands are attached to the mat and extend in a longitudinal direction of the pouch from the aft end to the front end thereof. The elastic strands have a length when in their relaxed state which is less than the length of the pouch when in use, and the mat has a greater length than the length of the strands in their relaxed state so that the mat is stretchable in a longitudinal direction of the pouch to about the original length of the mat. A strap is affixed to the aft end of the pouch, and a hand loop attached to the pouch adjacent the front end thereof can be engaged by a portion of the patient's hand.

Abstract: A longitudinally symmetric arm sling for supporting a forearm of a person has first and second substantially identical panel sections, made of one piece or sewn together from two panel halves so that the sections define a trough with a closed aft end and an open front end into which the arm can be placed. A strap has a first end attached to the aft end of the panel sections and a second end attached to the front end of the panel sections so that portions of the strap and of the panel sections adjacent the front end define opposing loops into which a thumb or the four fingers of a patient's hand can be extended irrespective of whether the sling is worn on a right arm or a left arm. The strip is relatively wide and sewn to the panel sections so that wide sides of the strip are parallel to the panel sections. The sling and the strap are constructed of a relatively soft, stretchable material.