Do you know the CPR<cardiopulmonary resuscitation>`staying alive` technique?

Question

I heard that following the rythm of "The Bee Gees song " Staying Alive " gives the right amount of rythm for CPR

Answer 1

yeah; it keeps you at or around 100 bpm, and when they teach the AHA class; they play the song nowadays.





to tell you the truth; person right below me; it helps out a lot. Especially if on your very first clinical rotation, on your very first call, you get a code and have to do CPR. As someone who really had no idea what was going on while the paramedics were pushing drugs and talking the medical jargon that I was yet to know; I was sitting there in my head going "whether you're a mother or wether you're a brother you're staying alive" just trying to keep at the right pace.

Answer 2

Under the new standards (ECC 2006) for laypeople CPR, we do 30 compressions at 100bpm. There are several songs that work... but as an instructor I would rather just have you set your own beat at a fast count.

The OR RN is right that many people have beats other than 100/min, but laypeople are taught this one rate for everyone- besides, how often will a layperson be doing CPR for a neonate?

Answer 3

Well that would work for adults but not for infants, babies or neonates as their normal HR parameters can be up to 180bpm (which would be 'staying alive' in fast motion. Pretty much the new internationall guidelines state you do compressions pretty much as fast as you can as long as they are effective!

Seriously, who can recall exactly what the tempo is of that song if they are in a CPR situation.

Answer 4

I stay alive by staying active.