You only need two things to save a life – a basic knowledge of CPR and a knack for singing the Bee Gees hit Stayin’ Alive.
At first it might seem slightly inappropriate to sing Stayin’ Alive while quite literally trying to help a human stay alive, but there’s quite a compelling reason for it.
CPR has experienced a little makeover over the past couple of years, with organisations hoping to make it easier for first responders to step in and help someone in an emergency situation.
The American Heart Association is now promoting a hands-only version of CPR that drops the difficult mouth-to-mouth maneuver they had long been teaching.
Now all you have to do us press down hard and fast in the center of the chest until the ambulance or someone with an automatic defibrillator arrives to take over.
