By Anupum Pant
Not all of us are taught CPR at schools, but there is a simple way you can ensure that you do it right. The BeeGees disco hit track Stayin Alive which almost none of us has been able to un-hear for the last 30 years, has actually helped people to stay alive.
Why?
According to a research study at University of Illinois, British Heart foundation and American Heart Association, 100 – 110 is the optimum number of compression required to jump start a heart in the case of a cardiac arrest. Since the track contains about 103 to 104 beats per minute throughout, it is an “utterly perfect track” for performing or training to perform a CPR. In fact, thousands of medical students all over the world have been trained to perform CPR using the same track.
Procedure: In case a person around you collapses suddenly due to a cardiac arrest, the first thing you must do, is call the emergency services. Next, start pushing hard on the chest of the collapsed person using locked fingers (with knuckles up) to the beat of Bee Gees Stayin Alive.
[British Video 1] [American Video 2]
In addition to Stayin Alive, even if their names don’t sound like they’d save lives, other popular songs with a similar beat rate are –
- AC/DC – Highway to Hell
- Queen – Another One Bites the Dust
- Madonna – La Isla Bonita
- Lily Allen – LDN
- Abba – Dancing Queen
Definitely a good thing to remember.
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