Pain Assessment and Its Effect on Pain Management During Emergency Medical Services-A Descriptive Study in the Tampere University Hospital Area of Finland.

Background: Pain management is an important part of prehospital care. Pain assessment and recognition are inseparable in adequate pain treatment. However, relatively scarce literature is available from Nordic and European countries.

Correlation between the accuracy of the emergency response centre's urgency assessment and emergency medical services non-conveyance: a retrospective register-based study in Finland.

Background: In modern emergency medical services (EMS), ambulances increasingly focus on examining and treating the patient at the scene. This has led to increased levels of non-conveyance. In Finland, for instance, approximately 40% of EMS dispatches end up in non-conveyance.

Differences between the dispatch priority assessments of emergency medical dispatchers and emergency medical services: a prospective register-based study in Finland.

Background: Responsive and efficient emergency medical services (EMS) require accurate telephone triage. In Finland, such services are provided by Emergency Response Centre Agency (ERC Agency). In 2018, a new Finnish computer-assisted emergency dispatch system was introduced: the Emergency Response Integrated Common Authorities (ERICA).