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"Stayin Alive" Helps You Stay Alive

Posted by samzenpus on from the truthful-advertising dept.

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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  1. And after... by dtdns · · Score: 3, Funny

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

    1. Re:And after... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...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".

  2. CPR is for the good of all of us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Except the ones who are dead.

  3. Sure, but what if you're successful by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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    1. Re:Sure, but what if you're successful by aardwolf64 · · Score: 2, Funny

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

    2. Re:Sure, but what if you're successful by lastchance_000 · · Score: 3, Informative

      Here's a list of alternatives.

    3. Re:Sure, but what if you're successful by ReverendLoki · · Score: 3, Informative

      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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  4. Re:Someone please kill me by easyTree · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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