Mass Burns Casualties: Ethical Dilemmas

Primary triage of mass burn casualties with associated severe traumatic injuries.

A key aim in any mass disaster event is to avoid diverting resources by overwhelming specialized tertiary centers with minor casualties. The most crucial aspect of an effective disaster response is pre-hospital triage at the scene. Unfortunately, many triage systems have serious shortcomings in their methodologies and no existing triage system has enough scientific evidence to justify its unive...

Ethics in burns surgery: when is enough, enough?

Patients with extensive burns injuries are often given a poor prognosis. Those who survive after an initial early resuscitation phase often require extensive operative and critical care input, a prolonged hospital stay, and associated significant complications. The overwhelmingly high volume of patients already using the resource-stricken burns care service places extreme pressure on clinicians...

Reflections on Judge Weinstein's Ethical Dilemmas in Mass Tort Litigation

Examining the Moral and Ethical Dilemmas of Creating Savior Siblings

This study examines the moral and ethical aspects of creating savior siblings using Kant’s moral-philosophical theory and Beauchamp and Childress’s (B&C) principles of medical ethics. In this study, the researchers argue that three of the four clusters of the principles of B&C framework are derived from common morality and Kant’s ethics. Besides, the second part of this article is designed as a...

Ethical decision making in severe paediatric burn victims.

The maintenance of a central database of burns units and practitioners forms part of this strategy. Broader objectives include the improvement of burns care and resources in South Africa and increasing the number of practitioners to complete the Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) course. 4. McGregor JC. Major burn disasters: lessons to be learned from previous incidents and a need for ...