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Via alert co-worker Lanita Withers comes this LA Times item about how to do CPR, and it involves a Bee Gees song:
In performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- CPR -- the perfect rhythm is 100 compressions per minute, and done properly, it can triple a heart arrest victim's chances of survival. But how, when you're saving a life, do you achieve that ideal rhythm of life-saving compressions? Think "Stayin' Alive."
Medical students and physicians trained to perform CPR to the bouncing beat of "Stayin' Alive" maintained close to the ideal rhythm recommended by the American Heart Assn. for chest compressions during CPR, according to a study to be presented Oct. 27 at a Scientific Assembly of the American College of Emergency Physician's annual meeting.
Turns out the song's tempo is 103 beats per minute, almost exactly the 100 beats per minute recommended for chest compressions. Sure, there are lots of other songs with the same tempo, but they figure the title "Stayin' Alive" is most likely to stick with people in an emergency.
Please, in an emergency, do not try to perform chest compressions to the beat of the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated." You'll only hurt yourself.
