How to use a shoulder sling

To put on most types of shoulder slings:

(A) Rest the injured arm on your lap or other surface. Take care to keep your arm close to your body.

(B) Put the sling on the forearm of your injured arm. Be sure your elbow is all the way back to the closed part of the sling and your hand is at the open end.

(C) Use your other arm to grab the strap at the top part of the sling at the back of the elbow. Bring it around your back and over the shoulder of your uninjured side.

(D) Fasten the strap at the top of the open end of the sling, near the wrist. If there is a strap at the lower back part of the elbow, bring this around the back of the waist and fasten it near the bottom of the wrist.