A system for securely positioning a cervical spine during surgery includes a donut-shaped frame to receive and hold a patients head, straps integrated into the donut-shaped frame to securely hold a patients head within the harness at least one of a patients chin and forehead, a rubber bladder can integrated with the harness locatable beneath a patients neck, and a pump to provide air into the rubber bladder. Air pumped into the rubber bladder by the pump can cause a patients neck to be lifted into an arch in preparation for and during cervical spine surgery. A release valve can be provided to release air from the rubber bladder and lower a patients neck during and after surgery. Rods can be integrated into the donut-shaped frame at each side of the rubber bladder. The rods can affix the harness to an operating table.
