Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees?
It's no surprise lots of people requested this one lol, so let's use this as an opportunity to go into further detail as to what makes a song good for CPR, and why this song works well! Big text wall under the cut:
There are really only 3 main categories that make a song good for CPR:
Have a BPM between 100-120
Have a strong, clear, and consistent rhythm that can be followed
Said rhythm (and just the song in general) should be easily memorable to recall in emergency
Full disclosure: the people running this blog are not health professionals, but I did a little bit of digging and found this investigation which claims that 107 bpm is the theoretically optimal compression rate. It seems to be backed by significant research but I haven't spent a lot of time looking into it so I wouldn't take it as fact.
I also took a look at some machines often used for CPR - the LUCAS chest compression system generally delivers 102 compressions per minute as far as I can see, but other (newer) models seem to be able to be configured to deliver either 102, 111, or 120 compressions per minute. [source]
(i would actually love to ask someone qualified in using these sorts of equipment why someone might select a specific rate...)
Generally, you shouldn't worry too much about precisely where in the 100-120 bpm range you are as anything within that should still be fine. but from my own research, it seems the lower end of the 102-110 range is optimal.
'Stayin' Alive' checks all these boxes - it's 104bpm, it has a steady, clear and consistent rhythm, and it's very memorable.
That last part might be more important than you think - in an actual emergency situation, most people tend to panic a lot, and when we panic, we tend to forget a lot of information we'd otherwise be able to easily recall. 'Stayin' Alive' is a very popular song that many people probably know well enough, especially with how iconic it is with CPR, and how comedic the title is with the concept of CPR, therefore you're probably more likely to be able to remember it well in a stressful situation.
On top of that, a lot of people have a tendency to remember songs as faster than they actually are, so it being towards the lower end of the 100-120 range will help a bit if you end up speeding it up in your mind accidentally.
This ended up being way longer than I thought it would be. whooops. But yeah. We all agree that 'Stayin' Alive' is a brilliant song for CPR and there's a reason healthcare professionals recommend it. There are of course other songs that will check all these same boxes, and there probably is no singular "perfect" song. But it's a good one to remember if you know it well!
10/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY
(I'll do another one bites the dust in a future post, don't worry)
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