title: [Emergency medical service in Finland].
abstract: The article consists in a review of the development of prehospital care in Finland and of emergency medical services in Helsinki. Based on 20 years' accumulated experience at a physician staffed prehospital emergency care unit in Helsinki, emergency medical services throughout the country have begun implementing the various links in the 'chain of survival' concept.
authors.affiliation: Anestesikliniken, Helsingfors universitetscentralsjukhus, Helsingfors.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Silfvast
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000639:trends