Laypeople do turn online to seek an advice on first aid in a health emergency: an insight into the help-seeking behaviour through the lens of the Youtube social media platform

Intern Emerg Med. 2024 Apr;19(3):875-877. doi: 10.1007/s11739-023-03491-6. Epub 2023 Nov 28.

Authors

Alexei Birkun¹, Yulia Dyulicheva², Ekaterina Chuksina²

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, Medical Institute Named After S.I. Georgievsky of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Lenin Blvd, 5/7, Simferopol, 295051, Russian Federation. birkunalexei@gmail.com.
² Department of Applied Mathematics, Physics and Technology Institute, V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russian Federation.

PMID: 38015341
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-023-03491-6

No abstract available

Keywords: Emergencies; First aid; Health literacy; Help-seeking behaviour; Social media.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
First Aid* / methods
Help-Seeking Behavior
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Social Media* / trends