# Markku Kuisma ## Head Physician ### Head of Division Emergency Medicine and Services, Prehospital Emergency Care - [ Email ](#) Markku Kuisma is a Specialist in Anesthesiology and an associate professor of Prehospital Emergency Medicine working at the Department of Emergency Care and Services, Helsinki University Hospital. His current position is a medical director of Emergency Medical Services. He has completed European Masters in Disaster Medicine and he is a member in EMS Leadership Network in Europe. He has approximately 100 scientific publications and he has been an editor of Handbook of Prehospital Emergency care for 20 years. ### Recent important scientific studies: 1: Heinonen K, Puolakka T, Salmi H, Boyd J, Laiho M, Porthan K, Harve-Rytsälä H, Kuisma M. Ambulance crew-initiated non-conveyance in the Helsinki EMS system-A retrospective cohort study. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2022 Feb 16. doi: 10.1111/aas.14049. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35170028. 2: Azbel M, Heinänen M, Lääperi M, Kuisma M. Correction to: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on trauma-related emergency medical service calls: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Emerg Med. 2021 Nov 19;21(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s12873-021-00511-6. Erratum for: BMC Emerg Med. 2021 Sep 9;21(1):102. PMID: 34794385; PMCID: PMC8601770. 3: Puolakka T, Virtanen P, Kinnunen J, Kuisma M, Strbian D. Prehospital identification of large vessel occlusion using the FAST-ED score. Acta Neurol Scand. 2021 Oct;144(4):400-407. doi: 10.1111/ane.13474. Epub 2021 May 24. PMID: 34028825. 4: Oulasvirta J, Pirneskoski J, Harve-Rytsälä H, Lääperi M, Kuitunen M, Kuisma M, Salmi H. Paediatric prehospital emergencies and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2020 Nov 2;4(1):e000808. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000808. PMID: 34192175; PMCID: PMC7607513. Updated: 16.02.2026 Print this page