Sling (medicine)
A sling was a folded piece of fabric that supported an injured body part, usually an arm. 

's left arm was covered with a sling following the injuries he sustained on Mars. ()

In 2259, Ensign Hadad's arm was supported by a sling. ()

In 2268, Leonard McCoy complained about wearing his dress uniform, saying he felt as though his neck was in a sling. ()

In 2294, Montgomery Scott made a makeshift sling for himself after injuring his left arm in an accident on the . He re-materialized, still wearing it, in 2369. ()

When Captain Jean-Luc Picard visited Mintaka III one last time, he had his arm in a sling due to his prior injury on the planet. ()

While on the Teplan homeworld, Doctor Julian Bashir cured the broken arm of a Teplan boy who wore a sling. ()

When Kathryn Janeway cared for Q, she placed his arm in a sling. ()

In 2374, Chief Miles O'Brien beamed up two survivors from the . One was wearing a sling. ()

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