• Havva Kocayiğit and Nevcihan Şahutoğlu Bal.
• Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Sakarya University Education and Research Hospital, Adnan Menderes Caddesi Saglik Sokak., 54100, Sakarya, Turkey. havvakocayigit@gmail.com.
• Anaesthesist. 2022 May 2.

Background And ObjectiveIn today's rapidly changing world, the technology of social media is widely used for educational purposes. Our aim in this study was to investigate the accuracy and efficacy of video presentations of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy procedures available on the international video sharing website YouTube.MethodsOn 1 December 2020, the terms "percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy" and "percutaneous tracheostomy" were entered into the search feature of YouTube ( www.youtube.com ). The evaluation was made in three categories; general information about percutaneous tracheostomy, performing percutaneous tracheostomy steps and demographic features of videos.ResultsThe median number of viewings of the videos on the date our data were collected was 1342 (IQR, 237-8052), and the most watched video had been viewed 325,170 times. Surgical site cleaning was explained in 46 (65.7%) videos and incision site detection in 55 (78.6%) videos. Needle aspiration into the trachea, insertion of the Seldinger guidewire, dilatation, and tracheal tube placement were covered in all videos (70; 100%). Confirmation of the location of the tracheal tube with end tidal capnography, the last step of the procedure, is available in 34 videos (48.6%).ConclusionThe use of inexpensive or freely available teaching materials is possible but should always be checked before use with respect to the completeness and correctness of the content conveyed. The unreflected adoption of such content can lead to serious treatment errors.© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature.

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