Abstract
In this study, the reliability of Turkish cardiac massage and Basic Life Support (BLS) videos, which have already been downloaded from three website such as YouTube, Google, Yahoo following the publication of 2010 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guideline and their suitability to the same guideline were researched. The videos uploaded to the three web-site to search videos on internet were queried by using the keywords "cardiac massage" and "basic life support". Videos that had been uploaded between January 2011 and July 2014 were analyzed and scored by two experienced emergency specialists. A total of 1126 videos were obtained. 1029 of the videos (91.4%) were excluded by researchers. 97 videos were detected to accord with study criteria. Despite most of the videos were found on Google website by keywords, the enormous part of videos proper to criteria were sourced from YouTube website (n=65, 67.0%). One fourth of the videos (24.7%) were observed to not be suitable for 2010 CPR guideline. AED usage was mentioned slightly in the videos (14.4%). Median score of the videos is 5 (IQR: 4-6). The rate and scores of the videos uploaded by official institution or association were significantly higher than others (p=0.007 and 0.006, respectively). Moreover, scores of the videos compatible with guidelines uploaded by official institution or association and medical personal were also found higher (p=0.001). Eventually, all the data obtained in this study support that Turkish videos were not reliable on the subject of BLS and cardiac massage. It is promising that videos with high follow-up rates also have been scored higher.
Highlights
Diagnosis and treatment of sudden cardiac arrest can improve a victim’s chance for survival [1]
“cardiopulmonary resuscitation” keyword had been used in the study instead of “cardiac massage”, there were no relevant Turkish videos with that keyword
The most common reason for the exclusion was being irrelevant to Basic life support (BLS) and resuscitation (41.2%)
Summary
Diagnosis and treatment of sudden cardiac arrest can improve a victim’s chance for survival [1]. Basic life support (BLS) is to achieve the assessment of patient initially, the activation of pre-hospital health system, and the initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation systemically. The main modification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) guidelines of 2010 American Heart Association (AHA) is intended to encourage the people who are uneducated and laypersons to perform the cardiac massage. Cardiac massage is only applied for a short while of witnessed cardiac arrest [2, 3]. Elicabuk et al The Reliability of Turkish Basic Life Support, Cardiac Massage Videos. Training of the public to perform the application of BLS may increase the possibility of intervention. Reaching the qualitative videos designed for that reason may make a difference
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