Friday, October 17, 2008

Stayin' Alive

According to Reuters, singing the Bee Gees' most famous song can help people time CPR chest compressions correctly!

Our next code should be very interesting! Hey Tex, you should rewrite the lyrics! (Edit: He did! Go here--it's great!)

In case anyone needs a refresher:

8 comments:

Tor Arne said...

Did you know that the Queen classic "Another One Bites The Dust" will also do the trick? Just make sure any next of kin are out of earshot... :)

Tex said...

Oh yeah, you know I gotta!

'Well, you can tell by the way I CPR,
I compress real well, I'm a Superstar....."

Anonymous said...

:) I was coming to leave the exact same comment!

~Amie (student nurse)

GuitarGirlRN said...

Yeah, Tex, that's it--keep going!

mitch said...

I was taught to sing nellie the elephant. thankfully I've never had to try it.

artillerywifecq said...

this was already a creapy sounding song, now its a horrifying music video that is stuck in my mind. You had better hope I don't have to do CPR today, or I will be laughing so hard I pee my pants in the middle of the code! I need a foley over here, stat!

Beastarzmom said...

This story cracked me up yesterday on the radio!
And I loved Tex's rewritten first line enough to copy it into my blog entry for the same subject. Hope you don't mind the link. Can't wait to see the rest of the song! Go Tex.

Lilorfnannie said...

What I want to know is why a song about being a "ladies' man" is sung in a falsetto.