staying alive to bite the dust

I read an interesting article about a woman who went hiking with her husband in the woods not too long ago. He had a heart attack on the trail, far from help, and she remembered a public service announcement that advised her to do CPR in time to the tune Staying Alive (oh come on, hit the link, I know you want to. It's the BEE GEES!).

She did as the PSA advised, kept her head and  sustained her husband's life long enough for the pros to keep him that way more permanently (go ahead and click that link, who can resist a title that reads "Disco Tune Saves Man's Life").

And all that was pretty interesting to me, but the most interesting part came at the very end of the article. While the PSA advised viewers to pump at 100 beats a minute (the pace recommended to maintain a life) to the tune of "Staying Alive," the doctors themselves apparently sing a different tune. It also runs 100 beats a minute.

It's called "Another One Bites the Dust."

Talk about the glass being half full or half empty.

 

Comments

[Little Odd Me]

Awesome story! ( yes I couldn't resist the story. I managed to resist the Bee Gees link, though. :P )

[snoringKatZ]

[this is good]

[Steve Betz]

[this is good] Great story! Though I probably shouldn't thank you for having "ahh ahh ahh ahh stayin' aliiiiiiiiiiiive" running through my head this morning... ;)

[Patti]

Thanks! That was educational in a way you didn't intend-- for the first time in my life, I know what the lyrics to that song say. I've always found them largely incomprehensible.

[Eindoodle]

[this is good] amazing. i'll never forget this.

[Lakshmi]

[this is good] "Another One Bites the Dust."??I'd go for that one, ANY DAY.

[country_cinderella]

[this is good] thanks for sharing this, I would have never thought of that as a way to help time the pace of CPR. It is kind of creepy that doctors would use a tune with such a negative title, lol.