"“A good trick is to pump to the tune of ‘Stayin' Alive’ by the Bee Gees,” she explains, because at around 100 beats a minute, it matches the recommended tempo to perform chest compression on a patient."
I just did my CPR refresher yesterday and was using Staying Alive to help keep my rhythm. Another song that works but you don’t want to use out loud is Another One Bites the Dust.
That was a funny episode. I hope he skipped the part where Dwight made a Hannibal Lecter mask from the dummy’s face...
Most states have laws protecting a Good Samaritan, in case he accidentally bruised her ribs or broke her sternum.
It’s good to learn something from every part of your life.
A few months ago my husband went into anaphylactic shock. My son was there and couldn’t find a pulse nor breath. He did CPR and then rescue breathing, my husband regained consciousness and the problem was resolved.
Later that night when he was recounting what happened to his wife and daughter who are both Red Cross certified and they asked when he had learned CPR and he said, “I’ve seen it on TV.”
Great story.
I will critique the writer for this sentence: “The memory was seared into Cross Scott’s memory”
For some reason everyone is using this “seared into” in their writing these days. It’s become ridiculous.