A seemingly silly public service announcement helped Debra Bader save her husband's life. The couple was walking in the woods when 53-year-old Christopher Bader suddenly collapsed from cardiac arrest, the same heart problem that recently led to Michael Jackson's death. Thankfully, Bader recalled the American Heart Association's campaign from last year, teaching people that the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive" has a perfect tempo to match the recommended pace of chest compressions. So she called 9-1-1 and started singing.
"I sang the song and gave directions to the EMTs at the same time. It was like, 'Stayin' alive, stayin' alive — take a right here, take a left here — Stayin' alive, stayin' alive — take this path down here — Stayin' alive, stayin' alive,' " Bader remembers.
For 15 minutes Bader, who had never taken a CPR class, beat on her husband's chest until the ambulance arrived and the EMTs delivered a shock to his heart with a defibrillator. Christopher Bader survived, even though 95 percent of people who go into cardiac arrest die before they get to the hospital.
Wow! What a heartwarming story, and don't you love hearing that a funny PSA actually worked? Perhaps it helped that an episode of The Office also featured a riff on the "Stayin' Alive" connection. Want a laugh? Check out the clip.

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Love that clip from The Office! one of the best episode from the past season.
1You can also press compressions to the beat of Another One Bites The Dust.
2FANTASTIC! Good on that woman!
If you don't want to do the breaths then you can just pump the chest until help arrives.
Nelly the Elephant also worked. They apparently used to tell this to training nurses until some of them STARTED SINGING IT IN THE CPR ROOM.
3wow that is so amazing! i will remember that song...
4That's so great! I'm going to remember this, lol.
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