Restraint for use in performing a lumbar puncture

A restraint for use in performing a lumbar puncture procedure;

• an elongated, flexible panel having front and back surfaces and including upper tension, torso, thigh, and lower tension portions, shoulder openings, an upper thigh opening, and a lower thigh opening being formed in said panel between said upper tension and torso portions, between said torso and thigh portions, and between said thigh and said lower tension portions, respectively, laterally extending shoulder straps fixedly secured to said panel adjacent said shoulder openings, buttocks and shin straps fixedly secured to said panel in laterally extending, spaced-apart relationship adjacent said upper thigh opening, the restraint being placed on said patient with the back surface of said torso portion against the front of said subject's torso, the subject's thighs passing through said upper thigh opening from the back surface of said panel, over the front surface of said portion, and through said lower thigh opening in a direction from the front to the back surface of said panel, said buttocks and said shoulder straps being secured around subjects buttocks and shoulders, respectively, said shin straps being secured around the subject's shins securing same adjacent said patients thighs, said upper and lower tension panels being drawn together forwardly of said torso portion to draw the subject into a forwardly arched position and secured to thereby hold said patient immobilized in said forwardly arched position.