[The physician and accidents. Legal and medical problems].

German law requires that any physician at a place of accident is obliged to help according to his training and ability. As an emergency doctor on duty he works in a warrantee position. In cases with multiple accident victims triage may be necessary, corresponding to the priority of medical care.

Changes in the cellular immune response by a subfraction of burned murine skin.

Sepsis due to impaired host defence mechanisms is one of the most frequent causes of death in severely burned patients. However, it is not precisely known to what extent syntheses and release of suppressive mediators of the burned tissue affect the cellular and humoral immune responses. In this study a decreased production of plasminogen activator by macrophages is demonstrated after incubation with skin components, indicating a decreased macrophage helper function for T-B cell cooperation.