title: [Ethical problems in mass burn disasters (author's transl)].
abstract: Severe mass burn disasters may result in disproportions between capacities and facilities of medical aid with the consequence of a planned delayed treatment for poor risk injured persons according to triage. The ethical background and minimal prerequisites to such practice, within the limitations of the state of emergency are explained.
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D004190:Disasters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014218:Triage
vernacular_title: Ethische Probleme bei der Einstufung Verbrennungsverletzter im Katastrophenfall.