Atiyeh B S, Hayek S N, Gunn S W A
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2005 Mar 31;18(1):45-6.
Burns and fire disasters are sad but common and obligatory components of armed conflicts, and with the increasing sophistication of weaponry and of chemical and nuclear devices the problem is not set to disappear; on the contrary. Indeed, with the (fortunate) decrease of major international wars but with the (unfortunate) increase of smaller ethnic and sectarian but equally treacherous conflicts, burns are bound to remain a constant problem. Yet the profession is ill prepared for such dark challenges.
烧伤和火灾灾难是武装冲突中令人悲伤却常见且必然存在的组成部分。随着武器以及化学和核装置日益复杂,这个问题不但不会消失,反而会愈发严重。事实上,随着(幸运地)重大国际战争减少,但(不幸地)较小规模的种族和教派冲突增加,而这些冲突同样危险,烧伤必然仍是一个持续存在的问题。然而,该行业对此类严峻挑战准备不足。