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Pain assessment and recognition are inseparable in adequate pain treatment. However, relatively scarce literature is available from Nordic and European countries. We investigated the current practices of pain assessment and management in the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) of one Finnish hospital area.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The cohort data were originally collected prospectively to assess various quality processes in EMS. This study was designed as a descriptive, retrospective, register\u2010based cohort study, analysing data from 7245 patients encountered by EMS over a one\u2010month period in the Tampere University Hospital area of Finland in 2021. Pain levels were primarily assessed using the numeric rating scale (NRS). Records were combined with auxiliary data from the National Emergency Response Centre Agency. We grouped patients into six age groups and recorded dispatch categories in seven groups to clarify the impact of age and dispatch category on pain assessment and intensity. We used crosstabulation and Pearson's chi\u2010square test for statistical analyses; we also applied a linear mixed model to analyse the effect of pain medication on pain intensity.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Pain was assessed once in 2586 (36%) patients and then reassessed a second time for 707 (27%) of those patients. Age and dispatch category affected pain intensity (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001): Patients under 66 reported higher pain intensity than patients over 66\u2009years. In dispatch categories, \u201coxygen deficiency\u201d and \u201cnon\u2010mechanical accident or exposure,\u201d reported pain intensity was minimal compared to other categories. Of the patients with a pain assessment, 611 (24%) experienced pain equal to or greater than 4 on the NRS scale. We found that assessment with a high NRS level was associated with a higher likelihood of administering potent pain medication.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of pain assessment is relatively low. 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