When a patient codes in the ER, or anywhere else in the hospital, a whole entourage of people show up and the atmosphere can be chaotic. Or even if it's a calm code, the person doing the chest compressions often tends to use an erratic rhythm, speeding up and slowing down, as you might well imagine. Well, a good while ago my friend T, who happens to be one of the most gifted emergency room techs I've ever worked with, said that he usually hummed or imagined a song in his head to get the rhythm right. The songs he said were the best were Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" and the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive." Appropriately titled, of course, but both with the same rough tempo.
Well, a good while ago my friend T, who happens to be one of the most gifted emergency room techs I've ever worked with, said that he usually hummed or imagined a song in his head to get the rhythm right. The songs he said were the best were Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" and the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive." Appropriately titled, of course, but both with the same rough tempo.
And now, turns out there's been some research to back up at least one of those.
Hmmm.