"Stayin Alive" Helps You Stay Alive

In a small study conducted at the University of Illinois medical school, doctors and students maintained close to the ideal number of chest compressions doing CPR while listening to the Bee Gees hit, "Stayin' Alive." At 103 beats per minute, the old disco song has almost the perfect rhythm to help keep accurate time while doing chest compressions. The study showed the song helped people who already know how to do CPR, and the results were promising enough to warrant larger, more definitive studies with real patients or untrained people. I wonder what intrinsic power is contained in "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?"

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[oxidiser]

You could, ummm... not read them.

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[fred ugly]

Before I have to read another Idle story.

have to?

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[geekoid]

I'm busy, but I'm sure you can find a bridge nearby and take care of it yourself.
or, not read the idle stories, whichever.

Re:Someone please kill me

[easyTree]

I'm busy, but I'm sure you can find a bridge nearby and take care of it yourself.

See? This is the kind of community spirit that idle encourages. Slashdotters who can't be bothered to kill a fellow Slashdotter as an act of charity. Truly, idle is pants.

Staying alive?

[Anonymous Coward]

I need to get out more, when I read "Staying Alive", I thought they were referring to Still Alive [vgcats.com].Which, when you think about it, would help you stay alive in the scenario that you wake up in an Aperture Science Lab.

And after...

[dtdns]

...you get your CPR, you can sing "Still Alive" from Portal.

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[Anonymous Coward]

...you get your CPR, you can sing "Still Alive" from Portal.

And if it doesn't work, there's always Queen, "Another one bites the dust".

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[phorge]

You say this as a joke, but my girlfriends ACLS instructor (she's a nurse) pointed out that you can, indeed, use Queen's "Another one bites the dust". The bpm is nearly identical.

Ironic.

Who woulda thought...

[Tetsujin]

You say this as a joke, but my girlfriends ACLS instructor (she's a nurse) pointed out that you can, indeed, use Queen's "Another one bites the dust". The bpm is nearly identical.

Ironic.

"Ironic" is kinda slow for CPR... Don'cha think?

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[E IS mC(Square)]

"Doncha Think" - with its uneven beats, I am not sure how it can be useful in CPR.

CPR is for the good of all of us

[Anonymous Coward]

Except the ones who are dead.

I tried CPR on a sleeping person...

[Anonymous Coward]

But there's no sense crying over every mistake, you just keep on trying...

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[PMuse]

Except the ones who are dead.

And, except for the ones whose hearts are beating.

(broken ribs, bruising, induced arrhythmias -- no fun at all)

Sure, but what if you're successful

[CrazyJim1]

The patient wakes up hearing someone on top of them singing disco. They'll probably think they woke up in hell, have a stroke and die.

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[aardwolf64]

Or maybe that everything since the 70s was just a big dream...

Re:Sure, but what if you're successful

[lastchance_000]

Here's a list of alternatives [bpmdatabase.com].

Been Reading /. Too Long

[BigAssRat]

Got this from the database...first read it as "Cowboy Neal" as the singer.

"Neal McCoy" "That Woman Of Mine" 103 BPM Atlantic Records 1996

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[Brynath]

.... Here's a list of alternatives [bpmdatabase.com].....

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Here is a "Jem" from that list that will make someone receiving CPR want to kill themselves:

Los Del Rio Macarena 103 BPM RCA Records 1995

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[ReverendLoki]

If you want an alternative, Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" also works. I'm sure the recipient would much rather here that upon regaining consciousness... Plus, the added benefit of the joy in the faces of the patient's loved ones when they recognize what you are humming under your breath, as their beloved friend/family member slowly slips away!

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[Werkhaus]

Time to CPR an old post.

An easy way to remember the timing was shown to me by a paramedic and diving instructor.
30 compressions is the chorus of "Nellie The Elephant"

NELLie the ELephant PACKed her TRUNK and SAID goodBYE to the CIR - CUS,
OFF she WENT with a TRUMPety TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP
NELLie the ELephant PACKed her TRUNK and TRUNdled OFF to the JUN - GLE
OFF she WENT with a TRUMPety TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP

If you sing the Toy Dolls version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otBWbVdvxLk [youtube.com] [youtube.com]
you'll even get the

Could be worse

[hob42]

One of my CPR instructors taught us to use the beat of "another one bites the dust".

And what caused the heart attack?

[Quila]

Night Fever

My song...

[MagicDude]

When I did my EMT training, the song I learned was "Another one bites the dust". My instructor also told us not to start singing during compressions.