Politico January 10, 2024
Need medical advice in a crisis? YouTube is ready to help.
Starting today, people who search for emergency health terms like “opioid overdose,” “heart attack” or “suicide” on YouTube will be offered a pinned shelf of first-aid information from authoritative health sources.
According to YouTube, the company previously elevated authoritative health content but didn’t prioritize expert information viewers would need during a health emergency.
How so: YouTube teamed up with top experts, including Mass General Brigham and the Mexican Red Cross, on short step-by-step explainer videos like “How to Perform the Heimlich Maneuver,” now pinned to the top of search terms.
— Other health terms that trigger the emergency first-aid shelf include seizure, psychosis, bleeding, stroke, tourniquet, poisoning and snake...
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