The Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive” is more aptly titled than you realise

If, next time you have a heart attack, you come round to the sound of your saviour singing The Bee Gees as he/she pumps your chest, it’s not just because they are one funky disco doctor.
It’s because, apparently, “Stayin’ Alive” has a beats-per-minute very close to the ideal number of compressions needed to perform CPR. CPR should be performed at 100 compressions per minute, while The Bee Gees’ disco classic comes in at 100 BPM.

Therefore it’s a decent idea for medical students to keep the tune in their head, for next time they have to try and resuscitate someone. Naturally the title of the song is rather apt for this kind of situation as well.
Unfortunately another song with a similar BPM, apparently, is Mariah Carey’s “Heartbreaker”. I think if I regained consciousness and that was the first thing I heard, I’d bang my head on the ground to knock myself the hell back out…
Read the full science at Reuters
[via Wired's Listening Post]