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COSTA, Francisco Rogério Rodrigues et al. Evaluation of Basic Life Support (BLS) videos published on YouTube. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.4, pp. 07-14. ISSN 1808-5210.

This research will deal with an analysis of YouTube videos related to basic life support according to the guidelines of the American Heart Association (AHA) 2010. These is an exploratory research with a quantitative approach, carried out at the site of sharing YouTube videos, whose address is "www.youtube.com.br " a " site " that is very driven by users ‘ internet " to acquire knowledge in any field . 104 videos were analyzed. The average length of the videos were 6 minutes and 21 seconds. Of the 104 videos analyzed, 40 ( 38 % ) were in accordance with AHA and 64 ( 62 % ) were not in accordance with guidelines AHA . As for the number of errors per video results showed that half of the videos analyzed present 3 Mistakes of publication according to AHA 2010. Videos analyzed resulted in a total of 148 discontinuities in total. Failure to follow the sequence CABD was the most common error observed in 45 (30.4%) appearances. Regarding the authorship of the videos were posted by the same organization / institution, individuals and NGOs. The videos analyzed showed a large number of views getting an average of 23,829 views

Palavras-chave : American Heart Association (AHA); Heart Arrest.