Surgical restraint with arm positioning sling

A surgical restraint comprising:

• a body strap arranged and disposed to wrap over an anterior surface of a torso of a patient disposed in a supine position and around a support disposed posterior to the patient, restraining the patient against the support;
• a sling attached to the body strap and arranged and disposed to cradle an upper arm, an elbow and a forearm of an arm of the patient with the sling disposed across the anterior surface of the torso from a first lateral side of the patient from which the arm extends and toward an opposing lateral side of the patient and with the torso being disposed between the sling and the support;
• and
• a connecting strap including a first attachment site associated with a brace and a second attachment site associated with the sling, the connecting strap being arranged and disposed to cross over a shoulder of the patient on the opposing lateral side between the first attachment site and the second attachment site and to pull the second attachment site toward the shoulder of the patient on the opposing lateral side,
• wherein the brace is the body strap or a portion of the body strap,
• wherein the surgical restraint is arranged and disposed to restrain the arm of the patient across and against the anterior surface of the torso while pulling the arm toward the shoulder of the patient on the opposing lateral side such that the arm is removed from and superior to a surgical site, and
• wherein the support is a surgical bed or an operating table or a portion of the surgical bed or the operating table.