View Full Version : Disco Tune "Stayin' Alive" for CPR


Madre
10-19-2008, 11:38 AM
Under most circumstances, it's best to keep the beat of the Bee Gees song “Stayin' Alive” out of your head, but heart specialists have come up with one good reason to remember: It could save someone's life.

Turns out the 1977 disco hit has 103 beats per minute, a perfect number to maintain — and retain — the best rhythm for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.

Complete article:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27221281/

irishmum2boys
10-22-2008, 01:50 PM
wow, that is interesting :)

GenLovesDen4ever
10-24-2008, 09:25 AM
Madre, that is interesting. I just had a vision of someone giving cpr to the beat of stayin alive. It looked funny, sorry. Ha ha ha ha staying aliiiiii....iiiii..iiive. I cant do the beat in words tho.

Madre
10-24-2008, 09:29 AM
I don't think the Bee Gee's imagined that they would have a part in saving lives. :-D