Table 1 Description of EMS in Finland and airway devices used for OHCA patients
From: Airway management in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Finland: current practices and outcomes
Tier | Staff | Background/education | Airway technique in OHCA |
|---|---|---|---|
First tier | • First responders • Basic-EMT | • Formal training for SAD use, not necessarily with healthcare educational background • Firefighter-EMT • Practical nurse in prehosital emergency care | • SAD in eastern part of Finland • SAD/ETI in southern part of Finland |
Second tier | • Advanced level | • Registered nurse (bachelor) in emergency care | • ETI/SAD • ETI/SAD |
Third tier | • EMS physicians | • >90 % anaesthesiologists or residents in anaesthesiology | • ETI |