(disco-era) Bee Gees Saves Lives!!

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b,121b,121Pickwick33 - can you forgive them a little now?b,121b,121b,121b,121b,121Bee Gees 'Stayin' Alive' may help do just thatb,121Study shows disco tune helps keep the beat for CPRb,121October 16, 2008b,121b,121THE CANADIAN PRESS b,121b,121It turns out that the disco classic "Stayin' Alive" may be very aptly named.b,121b,121A new study has found that listening to or even thinking about the Bee Gees song helped people doing CPR to time chest compressions accurately.b,121b,121Researchers at the University of Illinois say the song, from the 1977 hit movie "Saturday Night Fever," is set to a tempo of 103 beats per minute.b,121b,121American Heart Association guidelines suggest people trying to save lives by doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR should aim for 100 chest compressions per minute.b,121b,121Study participants were able to maintain a rate of 109 beats per minute when they performed CPR on a mannequin while listening to the song.b,121b,121Five weeks later, when they were asked to repeat the task without the music playing, they achieved 113 beats per minute, a rate that is considered acceptably accurate.b,121b,121The participants, who had no emergency medical services training, reported feeling more confident doing CPR after learning the trick of trying to time compressions to the song's disco beat.b,121b,121The study will be presented later this month at the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians in Chicago.b,121b,121b,121b,121thestar.com