päivystysosastot
Päivystysosastot are hospital units in Finland designed to provide medical care outside normal daytime hours. They handle urgent and acute conditions, as well as short-term observation and initial management of patients who require rapid assessment when regular daytime services are not available. The term can refer to department-specific on-call wards (operating within a particular specialty) or to a centralized emergency service that functions outside ordinary hours.
Päivystysosastot perform triage and initial clinical assessment, stabilization of life-threatening conditions, and immediate diagnostic testing (such
The exact setup varies between hospitals. Some facilities have a dedicated emergency department that operates around
Patients may arrive via self-presentation, ambulance, or internal transfer from other units. After triage, a physician
Because organization and capacity differ by region and institution, the exact role of päivystysosastot can vary.