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Newborns Need Another Tune: “I Will Survive” Sets Neonatal Resuscitation Rhythm

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 53; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.029

1097-6760

Vincent Rigo, Jacques Rigo,

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

We read with interest D. Matlock's abstract 1 testing The Bee Gees song "Stayin'Alive" to set the pace of adult CPR 2 .Since 2005, recommendations for performing CPR in infants, children and adults have been standardized, in part to ease memorization of the 100 beat per minute (bpm) chest compressions rate 3 .However, advanced neonatal resuscitation is conducted at a rhythm of 120 events per minute, with 30 insufflations and 90 chest compressions 4 .Providers of this procedure will not be helped by The Bee Gees.Disco music still offers songs with a tempo closer to 120 bpm.Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" (Polydor Records, 1978), at 117 bpm, could set the pace for the neonatal resuscitation team.