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October 17th, 2008

Disco Revival!

Posted At: 1:35pm by Sandra Ostapowich

Although many people (not me!) would rather die a slow, painful death than listen to the hallmark falsetto of the BeeGees, recent research has shown that knowing some of those catchy disco tunes may save lives!
An ER doctor in Toronto was trying to help students gauge just how fast to perform chest compressions during CPR.  He shared his idea with some other researchers in the US and they shared it with the American Heart Association.  This doctor discovered that the tempo of the always-memorable Stayin' Alive could really help you do that.  The AHA recommends that CPR be performed at a rate of 100 beats per minute.  Now, unless you happen to carry around a handy-dandy pocket metronome wherever you go, how in the world are you supposed to know how fast that is?

"Ah ah ah ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive" is your musical cue.  When research subjects kept that song in mind as they performed CPR on mannequins, they were much more likely to do chest compressions at the proper rate.

I guess Queen's hit song, Another One Bites the Dust is also at the appropriate tempo.  But it doesn't carry quite the same positive message that you may want to keep in mind as you're performing CPR.

Edited on: October 17th, 2008 1:38 pm
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Re: Disco Revival!

Posted On: October 17th, 2008 at 9:39pm by Nat Rhein
That's just a wee bit ironic there...

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