A Disco Hit To Save Your Life

[markydefad]

The perfect bpm ... to save your life...



Disco tune "Stayin' Alive" could save your life

Thu Oct 16, 3:27 pm ET

Reuters – The music group The Bee Gees (L-R) Robin, Barry and Maurice Gibb are pictured in this undated publicity …



WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. doctors have found the Bee Gees 1977 disco anthem "Stayin' Alive" provides an ideal beat to follow while performing chest compressions as part of CPR on a heart attack victim.

The American Heart Association calls for chest compressions to be given at a rate of 100 per minute in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). "Stayin' Alive" almost perfectly matches that, with 103 beats per minute.

CPR is a lifesaving technique involving chest compressions alone or with mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing. It is used in emergencies such as cardiac arrest in which a person's breathing or heartbeat has stopped.

CPR can triple survival rates, but some people are reluctant to do it in part because they are unsure about the proper rhythm for chest compressions. But research has shown many people do chest compressions too slowly during CPR.
In a small study headed by Dr. David Matlock of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, listening to "Stayin' Alive" helped 15 doctors and medical students to perform chest compressions on dummies at the proper speed.
Five weeks after practicing with the music playing, they were asked to perform CPR again on dummies by keeping the song in their minds, and again they kept up a good pace.

"The theme 'Stayin' Alive' is very appropriate for the situation," Matlock said in a telephone interview on Thursday. "Everybody's heard it at some point in their life. People know the song and can keep it in their head."

The findings will be presented this month at a meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians in Chicago.

(Writing by Will Dunham; Editing by David Storey)

[disco-disc]

Hi marky..the link doesn't appear to work for me ??
BTW did you get what I sent you by email this morning ?

[discophil]

I saw that on the news this morning. One of the anchors quized the reporter if the technique works for either a mother or a brother. Thought that was kind of clever!

Funny, I had always thought I wanted that song played at my funeral.

[johnnyd1788]

So if most disco music is at least 100 bps, doesn't that mean ALL disco music saves your life?

I hope so, it sure has kept me Stayin' Alive! haha

[Bernie]

Marky, I too heard this on the news the other day and was going to post it, but I forgot :-( So although I'm still alive, my mind is kind of letting me down.