RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Proposed specifications of a mobile operating room for far-forward surgery
JF Canadian Journal of Surgery
JO CAN J SURG
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP S180
OP S183
DO 10.1503/cjs.014718
VO 61
IS 6 Suppl 1
A1 John Leasiolagi
A1 Troy Holton
A1 Kate Doyle
A1 Laura Parkinson
A1 Raymond Kao
A1 Vivian C. McAlister
YR 2018
UL http://canjsurg.ca/content/61/6_Suppl_1/S180.abstract
AB 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.