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081017-travolta-hmed-7a.widec The Bee Gee's classic "Stayin' Alive" might actually help save your life:

In a small but intriguing study from the University of Illinois medical school, doctors and students maintained close to the ideal number of chest compressions doing CPR while listening to the catchy, sung-in-falsetto tune from the 1977 movie "Saturday Night Fever."

The American Heart Association recommends 100 chest compressions per minute, far more than most people realize, study author Dr. David Matlock of the school's Peoria, Illinois, campus said Thursday.

And while CPR can triple cardiac arrest survival rates when properly performed, many people hesitate to do it because they're not sure about keeping the proper rhythm, Matlock said.

He found that "Stayin' Alive," which has a way of getting stuck in your head anyway, can help with that.

I guess the next step is to equip all ambulance and emergency vehicles with the song, so they can blare it when they are called to respond to a heart attack victim.

The article goes on to suggest that Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" also works.  But, yes, it sends the wrong message.