[Ethical conflicts in emergency situations].

Emergency medicine is a symbol of the fight against sudden death. By increasing medical and technical ability we come more and more in the position of acting against life threatening. The more we are able to do the more ethical problems must be considered by the emergency team, too. Therefore ethical tools are as necessary as qualification in pharmacological and medical ability. The analysis of case reports is one way to obtain knowledge of ethics. Ethical questions are shown by some emergency situations and criterions which have to be considered are named.