TY - JOUR T1 - Proposed specifications of a mobile operating room for far-forward surgery JF - Canadian Journal of Surgery JO - CAN J SURG SP - S180 LP - S183 DO - 10.1503/cjs.014718 VL - 61 IS - 6 Suppl 1 AU - John Leasiolagi AU - Troy Holton AU - Kate Doyle AU - Laura Parkinson AU - Raymond Kao AU - Vivian C. McAlister Y1 - 2018/12/01 UR - http://canjsurg.ca/content/61/6_Suppl_1/S180.abstract N2 - Provision of initial surgery to casualties within one hour of injury is associated with better survival. Where evacuation options are limited, surgery within the “golden hour” may have to occur close to the point of injury. Interventions close to the point of injury are limited by the adverse environment. Far-forward surgery has a long history going back to Dominique Larrey of the Napoleonic Army. We reviewed previous reports and used our own experience of far-forward surgery to describe the specifications of the ideal mobile operating room that would address some of these environmental barriers. ER -