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Table 1 Finland’s geographical size, population, number of full-time Emergency Medical Service (EMS) personnel and annual number of EMS calls (total and between the catchment areas)

From: Exploring safety culture in the Finnish ambulance service with Emergency Medical Services Safety Attitudes Questionnaire

Geographical size (km2)*

390,909 km2

    

People live in Finland**

5,s525,292

    

Full-time EMS workers

3898

    

- Advanced

2611

    

- Basic

1287

    

EMS calls (2019)**

811 385

    

Catchment area for highly responsive care

HUH†

TYKS††

TAYS†††

KUH††††

OYS†††††

Areas’ geographical size (km2) *

36,642 km2

62,800 km2

37,073 km2

78,268 km2

176,126 km2

People living in the area (31.12.2019) **

2,188,253

898,300

901,358

800,498

736,883

Full-time EMS workers in the area

814

699

731

812

842

 Advanced

675

444

444

511

537

 Basic

139

255

255

301

305

EMS calls (2019)**

268,365

117,268

130,833

154,562

140,357

  1. † Helsinki University Hospital
  2. ††Turku University Hospital
  3. †††Tampere University Hospital
  4. ††††Kuopio University Hospital
  5. †††††Oulu University Hospital
  6. *NLS National land survey of Finland
  7. **Sotkanet.fi Statistical information on welfare and health in Finland